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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Smith say there are fewer fires today compared to the period during which he served?
(a) There is more intolerance for crime, and radicalism has decreased.
(b) The wider use of fire extinguishers has led to small fires being put out before the fire trucks arrive.
(c) The population has decreased and there are more empty buildings.
(d) Fire safety codes have made buildings less prone to fire.

2. What did the sound of four 5 bells announce at the fire station?
(a) A multiple-alarm fire.
(b) The death of a firefighter in the line of duty.
(c) A car accident.
(d) Injuries to a firefighter.

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

4. Who was the second injured person found by firefighters at the Home and Simpson streets intersection, and how was he injured?
(a) The boy's friend, who was also hit.
(b) The driver; he had been beaten by the angry crowd.
(c) A bystander mistaken for the driver and beaten.
(d) The driver; he sustained the injuries in the accident.

5. What were the three young men doing in the empty Kelly Street apartment building?
(a) They were fixing the apartments up for future rental.
(b) They were homeless and were squatting there.
(c) They were selling drugs in the empty apartments.
(d) They were hired by the landlord to torch it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Smith sent to the hospital after the Prospect Avenue fire?

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

3. Before discovering the culprit, how did Smith describe the fatal fire on Kelly Street?

4. Why did the firefighters have a difficult time getting into one of the Kelly Street apartments?

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

(see the answer key)

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