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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the fireman who was injured while responding to a call in Chapter 4?
(a) He was treated at the scene.
(b) He was hospitalized for a week.
(c) He refused to be admitted to the hospital.
(d) He was admitted to the hospital overnight.

2. How did Smith feel when first approached about writing a memoir of firefighting?
(a) Convinced that people would never understand firefighters.
(b) Challenged by the act of writing the way climbers are challenged by mountains.
(c) Concerned that he did not know enough about firefighting.
(d) Concerned that he would be incapable of writing.

3. What orders did the doctors give Smith after his injury from the Prospect Avenue fire?
(a) Do not work for a few weeks.
(b) Do not talk at all.
(c) Get extra sleep.
(d) Do not talk much or smoke for a few weeks.

4. How did the firefighter die in the previous incident mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) He suffered a heart attack.
(b) He died of smoke inhalation while battling a fire.
(c) He fell off the fire truck as it rounded a corner and died from his injuries.
(d) He was badly burned in a fire.

5. What is the name of the national magazine started by Smith after writing the memoir?
(a) The Station.
(b) Firehouse.
(c) Firefighting Today.
(d) American Firefighter.

6. Who did the firefighters encounter while bringing the hose up the stairs of the burning apartment building on Fox Street?
(a) The woman and two children who lived in the burning apartment.
(b) A young child.
(c) Two young arsonists.
(d) An elderly man fleeing the building.

7. How did the firefighters save the life of the overdose victim on Hoe Avenue?
(a) By pumping his stomach.
(b) By performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
(c) By shoving ice down his pants.
(d) By performing CPR.

8. Which Irish writer did Smith discuss in his letter to the editor?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) William Butler Yeats.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

9. How would firefighters have designed a building differently to make firefighting easier, according to Smith?
(a) They would have eliminated elevators.
(b) They would have designed better staircases.
(c) They would have restricted the height.
(d) They would have had more fire escapes.

10. How was a firefighter injured while rescuing a child from a fire on Prospect Avenue?
(a) He suffered smoke inhalation.
(b) He broke his ankle going down the stairs.
(c) He fell through a hole in the floor.
(d) He was struck by falling debris.

11. In Smith's description, how does the life of a firefighter differ from that of other city workers?
(a) They are the most respected of all city workers.
(b) They are the least respected of all city workers.
(c) They are the brave ones.
(d) When he leaves in the morning, he may not come home alive.

12. Why did the firefighters think the car in the middle of Stebbins Avenue was stolen?
(a) The steering wheel was gone.
(b) The windows were broken.
(c) The wheels and tires had been removed.
(d) The radio was gone.

13. Which firefighter died shortly before the time Chapter 2 takes place?
(a) Mike Carr.
(b) Mike Sullivan.
(c) Mike O'Brien.
(d) Bob Starr.

14. What did the landlord of the Kelly Street apartments do once the youths had spread the gasoline around?
(a) He threw a match and locked the men in.
(b) He had the young men light the gasoline.
(c) He was not at the scene.
(d) He tried to get the young men out.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the sound of four 5 bells announce at the fire station?

2. Where was the last false alarm of the day called from, at the end of Chapter 5?

3. How many injured people were found in the Kelly Street apartment?

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

5. Which captain entered the Kelly Street apartment first?

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