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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which kind of call was the firefighter responding when he was killed, prior to the events in Chapter 2?
(a) A stabbing.
(b) A malicious false alarm.
(c) A burning apartment building.
(d) An auto accident.

2. What is the primary problem with New York City, in Smith's eyes?
(a) There are too many minorities.
(b) It is too poor.
(c) It is simply too big.
(d) It is not integrated.

3. What did Smith consider the most admirable characteristic of firefighters?
(a) Their bravery.
(b) Their committment to community.
(c) Their reliability.
(d) Their strength.

4. What did the cockroaches symbolize in Smith's view?
(a) Fear.
(b) Disease.
(c) Uncleanliness.
(d) Poverty.

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 for another resident.
(c) They were carrying them out of their own apartment for safety.
(d) They had bought them from another resident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the firefighters discover when they arrived at the Kelly Street fire in Chapter 1?

2. Why did Smith want to re-read the Yeats poem about wise men becoming tense with violence before they can accomplish fate?

3. What did Fireman Big Van of Ladder 42 drink once he quit drinking beer?

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

5. What was the name of the young prostitute who lived in the neighborhood served by Engine Co. 82?

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