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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the firemen's training occur?
(a) Long Island.
(b) Ellis Island.
(c) Welfare Island.
(d) Staten Island.

2. Why were the firefighters frustrated about budget issues?
(a) Salaries were being cut.
(b) The firefighters themselves have always had to pay for basic station needs.
(c) Layoffs were expected.
(d) The budget was being cut.

3. What did the firefighters discover after the police had left the station in Chapter 6?
(a) A bullet lodged in a bulletin board near Smith.
(b) A bullet that had ricocheted and landed on the floor of the fire station.
(c) A bullet that hit the alarm system.
(d) A bullet lodged in a fire truck.

4. Why did Smith say he disagreed with fellow firefighters' prejudices, but also understood them?
(a) They are more poorly paid than firefighters in white areas.
(b) They do not live in the neighborhoods they serve.
(c) The only minorities they encounter are criminals.
(d) Firefighting is most difficult and dangerous in poor, minority areas

5. How old was Smith when he filled out an application to the fire department?
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Twenty-one.

6. At what age did Smith drop out of school?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Fourteen.

7. What kind of living quarters did Dennis Smith grow up in?
(a) A New York City tenement.
(b) A townhouse in the Bronx.
(c) A single-family house in Flushing.
(d) A New York City high-rise studio apartment.

8. Why did one firefighter want to start up a collection at the station in Chapter 7?
(a) To pay for the firefighter's medical care.
(b) To replace the stove and improve eating conditions.
(c) To replace the dishwasher and improve their unsterile eating conditions.
(d) To replace the refrigerator.

9. What did the newspaper article say a firefighter rescued following a rubbish fire?
(a) A chipmunk.
(b) A robin.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A squirrel.

10. For which radical group was the group of Park Avenue residents raising money in the magazine article read by Smith in Chapter 7?
(a) Students for a Democratic Society.
(b) Black Panthers.
(c) Symbionese Liberation Army.
(d) Gray Panthers.

11. After years of "carrying death in my hands," what did Smith see firefighting as lacking?
(a) Stability.
(b) High pay.
(c) Security.
(d) Glamor.

12. How was the bleeding woman who ran into the station for help injured in Chapter 9?
(a) She was involved in a car accident.
(b) Her mother assaulted her.
(c) Her boyfriend assaulted her.
(d) Her stepfather attacked her with a beer bottle when she resisted a sexual assault.

13. Approximately how many children were at the ice cream party in Chapter 9?
(a) 300.
(b) 200.
(c) 250.
(d) 120.

14. What is the Irish way of making tea, as described by Smith in Chapter 7?
(a) Black tea plain.
(b) Half tea and half milk.
(c) Cream and sugar.
(d) Black tea with sugar.

15. Where did Smith take the application test?
(a) South Bronx.
(b) Greenwich Village.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Upper West Side.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease did one of the firefighters contract?

2. What was Billy O'Mann griping about when talking about empty lots near the fire station?

3. How many stitches did Fireman Billy-o get in Chapter 7?

4. How did Smith try to impress people after dropping out of school?

5. What was the first call the department took the day after the Saint Patrick's Day parade?

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