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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was responsible for the most malicious false alarms?
(a) Teenagers.
(b) Children.
(c) Adults.
(d) Criminals.

2. What two famous people once ran for Mayor and City Council President?
(a) Woody Allen and Normal Mailer.
(b) Woody Allen and Philip Roth.
(c) Woody Allen and Jimmy Breslin.
(d) Norman Mailer and Jimmy Breslin.

3. What were the "high incidence hours" that Tactical Control Unit 712 became responsible for?
(a) 3 p.m. and 1 a.m.
(b) 6 p.m. and 4 a.m.
(c) Noon and 10 p.m.
(d) 6 a.m. and 4 p.m.

4. What did the landlord of the Kelly Street apartments do once the youths had spread the gasoline around?
(a) He had the young men light the gasoline.
(b) He threw a match and locked the men in.
(c) He was not at the scene.
(d) He tried to get the young men out.

5. What orders did the doctors give Smith after his injury from the Prospect Avenue fire?
(a) Do not talk much or smoke for a few weeks.
(b) Do not work for a few weeks.
(c) Get extra sleep.
(d) Do not talk at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Kelly Street apartment landlord charged with after the fire?

2. How does Smith describe the racial characteristics of Washingtonville?

3. Why did Smith's mother scold him before he left for work in Chapter 3?

4. What is one example of a booby trap sometimes left by arsonists?

5. What board game were the firemen playing in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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