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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to several firefighters (including Smith) fighting a blaze at a two-story factory building?
(a) The floor gave away.
(b) The roof caved in.
(c) The windows began breaking.
(d) A fire broke out behind them.

2. Which writer once suggested that the story finds the author?
(a) Shirley Jackson.
(b) Sarah Orne Jewett..
(c) Charlotte Gilman.
(d) Katherine Anne Porter.

3. What was the name of the strong fireman who single-handedly replaced the hose at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Knipps.
(b) Royce.
(c) Benny Carroll.
(d) Billy Valenzia.

4. What did the woman do to the man whose Intervale Avenue apartment burned in Chapter 7?
(a) She threw a lamp at him.
(b) She went after him with a machete.
(c) She pointed a gun at him.
(d) She went after him with a knife.

5. How do firefighters get enough oxygen when a building is thick with smoke?
(a) By first clearing out some of the smoke.
(b) By using oxygen tanks.
(c) By breaking out windows to get oxygen in.
(d) By crawling on their stomachs to reach the oxygen at floor level.

Short Answer Questions

1. What options did the firefighters have when they were trapped between the two blazes at the factory building?

2. What did the kids across the street from the Union Avenue fire do when the firefighters arrived?

3. Why were conditions in the fire station cold in April?

4. What did the ladder company do to get to the source of the smoke at the Charlotte Street fire?

5. How long did Smith take off to recover from the throat damage he sustained during the Prospect Avenue fire in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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