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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the firefighters think the car in the middle of Stebbins Avenue was stolen?
(a) The wheels and tires had been removed.
(b) The steering wheel was gone.
(c) The windows were broken.
(d) The radio was gone.

2. Which two companies were prohibited from responding to the same fire under the new plan?
(a) 82 and 90.
(b) 82 and 92.
(c) 82 and 85.
(d) 85 and 87.

3. How does Smith describe the racial characteristics of Washingtonville?
(a) The town is overwhelmingly white.
(b) There are blacks and whites, but they live in separate sections of town.
(c) The town is predominately black.
(d) There are blacks and whites and they are integrated.

4. What do arsonists sometimes do when they leave the scene of a fire?
(a) They do not call the fire department to report the fire.
(b) They leave booby traps to hurt firefighters.
(c) They gather evidence of arson and take it away.
(d) They call the fire department anonymously.

5. What happened to Capt. Frimes at the Kelly Street fire?
(a) He was overcome with smoke and had to be pulled out.
(b) He was burned by the fire.
(c) Nothing happened to him.
(d) He was trapped by debris in the apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Smith's wife compare his job to that of a soldier's in Vietnam?

2. What is the term Smith used to describe a challenging fire?

3. Approximately how many calls did Engine Co. 82 respond to the year before the book was written?

4. From which service area did Fireman Vinny Royce switch to join Engine Co. 82?

5. How was a firefighter injured while rescuing a child from a fire on Prospect Avenue?

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