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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the firefighters eventually subdue the naked man on Southern Boulevard?
(a) By tackling him.
(b) By wrapping him in a blanket.
(c) By talking him into dropping the weapon.
(d) By using a stun gun.

2. Why were conditions in the fire station cold in April?
(a) Because budget cuts caused the firefighters to forgo the use of the heating system.
(b) Because a garage door had been open and broken for months
(c) Because there was a hole in the roof of the station.
(d) Because the station's heating system was broken.

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

4. What was the first call the department took the day after the Saint Patrick's Day parade?
(a) An overflowing bathtub flooding an apartment beneath.
(b) A child locked inside a bathroom alone.
(c) A stove fire.
(d) A child locked inside an apartment alone.

5. Why were the teens carrying the items out of the Simpson Street apartment building?
(a) They stole them from another resident.
(b) They were carrying them out of their own apartment for safety.
(c) They were carrying them out for another resident.
(d) They had bought them from another resident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the firefighters find on Freeman Street during one of the calls in Chapter 3?

2. What was wrong with the furnace room where the firefighters retreated for warmth during the Charlotte Street fire?

3. How did Smith march in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chapter 6?

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

5. What is the Irish way of making tea, as described by Smith in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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