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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Smith take when he quit high school?
(a) Delivering flowers.
(b) Delivering for a Chinese restaurant.
(c) Driving a cab.
(d) Delivering food.

2. What ethnic group was now predominate in the formerly Irish neighborhood in which Smith grew up?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Puerto Ricans.
(c) Dominicans.
(d) Chinese.

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

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

5. Where did Smith take the application test?
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) South Bronx.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Upper West Side.

6. What did the woman do to the man whose Intervale Avenue apartment burned in Chapter 7?
(a) She went after him with a knife.
(b) She went after him with a machete.
(c) She pointed a gun at him.
(d) She threw a lamp at him.

7. Why were the firefighters frustrated about budget issues?
(a) Salaries were being cut.
(b) Layoffs were expected.
(c) The budget was being cut.
(d) The firefighters themselves have always had to pay for basic station needs.

8. How old was Tina when Smith first met her?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Fourteen.

9. After years of "carrying death in my hands," what did Smith see firefighting as lacking?
(a) Glamor.
(b) High pay.
(c) Security.
(d) Stability.

10. Why were the five adults and two children unable to escape the burning building?
(a) Because a partial roof collapse blocked their way.
(b) Because the fire on the floors below stopped them.
(c) Because the doors were locked from the outside to kep drug addicts out.
(d) Because the fire escape was broken.

11. What free perk did New York firemen get?
(a) Free taxi rides.
(b) Free rides on the subway.
(c) Free admission to parks.
(d) Free clothes.

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

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

14. What was the name of the young prostitute who lived in the neighborhood served by Engine Co. 82?
(a) Tina deVega.
(b) Marisol Vega.
(c) Tina Sanchez.
(d) Jennifer Rodriguez.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Smith view the fire department's amusement park trip for neighborhood children?

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

4. At what age did Smith drop out of school?

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

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