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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How must firefighters find the rewards in their profession?
(a) They must look to society's veneration of firefighters.
(b) They must seek them out each in his own way.
(c) There are no rewards in the profession.
(d) They must seek rewards from their fellow firefighters.

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

3. What one gift did Smith want more than anything as a child?
(a) A remote-control car.
(b) A skateboard.
(c) A television in his own room.
(d) A Schwinn bicycle.

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

5. Which writer once suggested that the story finds the author?
(a) Shirley Jackson.
(b) Sarah Orne Jewett..
(c) Charlotte Gilman.
(d) Katherine Anne Porter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of entertainment did the firefighters and children experience during the ice cream party in Chapter 9?

3. According to Smith, how should kids who pull malicious false alarms be treated?

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

5. What field did Smith's wife want him to go into instead of firefighting?

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