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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Smith concerned about striking for better working conditions?
(a) He was afraid that the neighborhood would not be safe during a strike.
(b) He was afraid the other firefighters would split over the strike.
(c) He was afraid he would be fired.
(d) He was afraid he would be punished by being transferred even farther from his home.

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

3. How did the firefighters eventually subdue the naked man on Southern Boulevard?
(a) By tackling him.
(b) By using a stun gun.
(c) By wrapping him in a blanket.
(d) By talking him into dropping the weapon.

4. What did the naked man on Southern Boulevard wield as a weapon?
(a) A butcher knife.
(b) A baseball bat.
(c) A whip.
(d) A handgun.

5. Why was Dennis upset about the visit from the welfare inspector?
(a) He was afraid the family would be denied more benefits.
(b) The inspector spoke to his mother harshly.
(c) He thought his friends would see the inspector and he was ashamed about being poor.
(d) He was afraid the inspector would find the hidden television.

6. Why did the city fence off the empty lots near the fire station?
(a) To prevent garbage from being dumped.
(b) To cut down on prostitution.
(c) To prevent drug dealers from using the lots.
(d) To keep children away from dangerous areas.

7. What did the firefighters discover after the police had left the station in Chapter 6?
(a) A bullet lodged in a bulletin board near Smith.
(b) A bullet lodged in a fire truck.
(c) A bullet that hit the alarm system.
(d) A bullet that had ricocheted and landed on the floor of the fire station.

8. What actor was interviewed in the Playboy issue, read by Smith in Chapter 7?
(a) Marlon Brando.
(b) Jack Nicholson.
(c) Donald Sutherland.
(d) Elliott Gould.

9. What did the newspaper article say a firefighter rescued following a rubbish fire?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A robin.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A chipmunk.

10. Why did one firefighter want to start up a collection at the station in Chapter 7?
(a) To pay for the firefighter's medical care.
(b) To replace the stove and improve eating conditions.
(c) To replace the dishwasher and improve their unsterile eating conditions.
(d) To replace the refrigerator.

11. For which radical group was the group of Park Avenue residents raising money in the magazine article read by Smith in Chapter 7?
(a) Black Panthers.
(b) Gray Panthers.
(c) Symbionese Liberation Army.
(d) Students for a Democratic Society.

12. What did Smith foresee when he first applied to become a firefighter?
(a) An uneventful job.
(b) Stability and security.
(c) A chance to make a difference.
(d) A high salary.

13. Why were the teens carrying the items out of the Simpson Street apartment building?
(a) They had bought them from another resident.
(b) They were carrying them out for another resident.
(c) They stole them from another resident.
(d) They were carrying them out of their own apartment for safety.

14. Why was Smith upset about the path Tina de Vega took in life?
(a) He worried that he could have done something to help her.
(b) He was angry with her for throwing her life away.
(c) He felt that nobody ever reached out to her.
(d) He believes she should have left the South Bronx.

15. Why did Smith not eat hamburgers when fellow firefighters prepared them for the station dinner?
(a) He had to live on hamburgers during his poverty-stricken childhood.
(b) He was a vegetarion.
(c) He needed to lose weight.
(d) He felt they weren't healthy enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Fire Department persist in holding parties for children who regularly harassed firefighters?

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

3. What job did Smith take when he quit high school?

4. How were most people escaping from the blaze on Intervale Avenue in Chapter 10?

5. Why did it take the firemen longer than usual to reach the large fire on Intervale Avenue in Chapter 10?

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