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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Smith's view, what needed to happen before people stopped assaulting firefighters?
(a) They need to lose custody of their children.
(b) They need to be arrested and jailed.
(c) They need to become educated and rise out of poverty.
(d) They need to do community service projects.

2. How was Fireman Nick Riso injured while responding to a call?
(a) He was injured in a fire.
(b) He suffered smoke inhalation.
(c) Someone threw a brick at him while he was responding to a call.
(d) He was involved in a car accident.

3. What board game were the firemen playing in Chapter 3?
(a) Risk.
(b) Scrabble.
(c) Monopoly.
(d) Backgammon.

4. Why did Smith want to re-read the Yeats poem about wise men becoming tense with violence before they can accomplish fate?
(a) He was trying to take his mind off his work.
(b) He was trying to understand what causes some men to willingly go into burning buildings.
(c) He was trying to understand the situation of people throwing rocks at firefighters.
(d) He was preparing another letter to the editor.

5. How did Smith believe the city was treated by the state?
(a) He felt the state put too much emphasis on the city.
(b) He felt the state tried to control the city.
(c) He felt the state took the city's tax money, but failed to provide adequate services.
(d) He felt the state placed too many requirements on the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was his wife upset the morning Smith went back to work?

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

3. How does Smith envision false alarms occurring in richer neighborhoods?

4. Who was responsible for the most malicious false alarms?

5. What did Smith keep in his locker at the fire station?

(see the answer key)

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