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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the "high incidence hours" that Tactical Control Unit 712 became responsible for?
(a) 6 p.m. and 4 a.m.
(b) Noon and 10 p.m.
(c) 6 a.m. and 4 p.m.
(d) 3 p.m. and 1 a.m.

2. What two famous people once ran for Mayor and City Council President?
(a) Woody Allen and Normal Mailer.
(b) Norman Mailer and Jimmy Breslin.
(c) Woody Allen and Philip Roth.
(d) Woody Allen and Jimmy Breslin.

3. In what town did Smith live while working in the South Bronx?
(a) New Paltz.
(b) Flushing.
(c) Scarsdale.
(d) Washingtonville.

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

5. 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 understand what causes some men to willingly go into burning buildings.
(b) He was trying to take his mind off his work.
(c) He was preparing another letter to the editor.
(d) He was trying to understand the situation of people throwing rocks at firefighters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many calls did Engine Co. 82 respond to the year before the book was written?

2. Why was Smith concerned about striking for better working conditions?

3. What did the ladder company do to get to the source of the smoke at the Charlotte Street fire?

4. Which Irish writer did Smith discuss in his letter to the editor?

5. How did Smith remember details for the book while working full-time?

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