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Dennis Smith (firefighter)
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Report from Engine Co. 82 Test | Final Test - Easy

Dennis Smith (firefighter)
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How many weeks did fireman's training last?
(a) Six.
(b) Eight.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

3. Why did Fireman Jim Stack have to stay longer at the hospital after the Intervale Avenue fire in Chapter 10?
(a) He suffered a heart attack.
(b) He had dangerously high blood pressure and nerve palpitations.
(c) He suffered severe smoke inhalation.
(d) He suffered severe burns.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was the first call the department took the day after the Saint Patrick's Day parade?
(a) An overflowing bathtub flooding an apartment beneath.
(b) A child locked inside a bathroom alone.
(c) A stove fire.
(d) A child locked inside an apartment alone.

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

11. How many shots did the police officer fire at the fleeing youth in front of the fire station in Chapter 6?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

12. Why did the firemen call for police assistance while battling the Fox Street fire in Chapter 8?
(a) They were attacked with garbage cans and iron balls.
(b) There were looters in the area.
(c) There were people fighting in the street.
(d) Residents were screaming at the firemen.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the teens carrying the items out of the Simpson Street apartment building?

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

3. What did the cockroaches symbolize in Smith's view?

4. Why was Smith concerned about striking for better working conditions?

5. What three jobs did the nuns at Smith's school tell the students they could aspire to?

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