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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Smith remember details for the book while working full-time?
(a) By dictating into a tape recorder.
(b) By simply relying on his memory.
(c) Byinterviewing fellow firefighters,
(d) By writing daily.

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

3. How did Smith feel when first approached about writing a memoir of firefighting?
(a) Concerned that he did not know enough about firefighting.
(b) Convinced that people would never understand firefighters.
(c) Concerned that he would be incapable of writing.
(d) Challenged by the act of writing the way climbers are challenged by mountains.

4. Who did the firefighters encounter while bringing the hose up the stairs of the burning apartment building on Fox Street?
(a) A young child.
(b) The woman and two children who lived in the burning apartment.
(c) An elderly man fleeing the building.
(d) Two young arsonists.

5. 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 the station's heating system was broken.
(d) Because there was a hole in the roof of the station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Smith say there are fewer fires today compared to the period during which he served?

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

3. Why did the John Birch Society want a local teacher in Washingtonville fired?

4. Why do some kids pull false fire alarms, according to the book?

5. What did Smith find buried under the rubble at the Charlotte Street apartment in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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