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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the cockroaches symbolize in Smith's view?
(a) Disease.
(b) Uncleanliness.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Fear.

4. 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.

5. What is the minimum height for a fireman in New York?
(a) 5'7".
(b) 5'9".
(c) 5'4".
(d) 6'0".

6. How were most people escaping from the blaze on Intervale Avenue in Chapter 10?
(a) Through access doors to the roof.
(b) By fire escape.
(c) Down the stairs.
(d) Through the windows.

7. Why did the Fire Department persist in holding parties for children who regularly harassed firefighters?
(a) They were trying to build bridges within the community.
(b) They hoped to make it easier to catch the pranksters.
(c) They were required to do so by neighborhood officials.
(d) They were required to do so by the city officials.

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

9. Why were merchants good to firefighters (i.e., by giving them discounts) under the old system?
(a) They expected the firemen to protect them from arson.
(b) They wanted to get faster response times during emergencies.
(c) They were required to offer discounts to firemen.
(d) They expected the firemen to be forgiving during inspections.

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

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

12. Why did it take the firemen longer than usual to reach the large fire on Intervale Avenue in Chapter 10?
(a) They had been called to an arson fire at an abandoned building.
(b) They had been responding to a car accident.
(c) They had been responding to a false alarm.
(d) They had been responding to an overdose.

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

14. What disease did one of the firefighters contract?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) A bacterial infection.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) Influenza.

15. What film does Smith reference when discussing the station's housekeeping chores in Chapter 10?
(a) Sleeping Beauty.
(b) Fantasia.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the welfare inspector recommend to the welfare agency after the visit?

2. While responding to an apartment fire on Simpson Street in Chapter 7, what did the firefighters see two teenagers carrying down the stairs?

3. What holiday was being celebrated on Smith's day off in Chapter 7?

4. What free perk did New York firemen get?

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

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