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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 an apartment alone.
(c) A stove fire.
(d) A child locked inside a bathroom alone.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Who was temporarily in charge while Captain Albergray was on vacation in Chapter 10?
(a) Artie Merritt.
(b) Lieutenant Stack.
(c) Lieutenant Collins.
(d) Bill Valenzio.

12. How did Smith try to impress people after dropping out of school?
(a) By claiming he was studying to be a botanist.
(b) By claiming he was studying business.
(c) By claiming he planned to become manager of the store one day.
(d) By claiming he was saving money to tour Europe.

13. What is the Irish way of making tea, as described by Smith in Chapter 7?
(a) Black tea plain.
(b) Cream and sugar.
(c) Half tea and half milk.
(d) Black tea with sugar.

14. 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 felt they weren't healthy enough.
(c) He needed to lose weight.
(d) He was a vegetarion.

15. How many stitches did Fireman Billy-o get in Chapter 7?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) None.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Smith's attitude toward cockroaches change as an adult?

2. Why were the five adults and two children unable to escape the burning building?

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

4. Why did the city fence off the empty lots near the fire station?

5. Why were conditions in the fire station cold in April?

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