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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Smith describe the racial characteristics of Washingtonville?
(a) There are blacks and whites and they are integrated.
(b) The town is predominately black.
(c) There are blacks and whites, but they live in separate sections of town.
(d) The town is overwhelmingly white.

2. What did the firefighters discover when they arrived at the Kelly Street fire in Chapter 1?
(a) A young man, on fire, running out of the building.
(b) A young man fleeing the scene.
(c) A young man calling from an open window.
(d) A young woman screaming that her child is in the building.

3. What did the kids across the street from the Union Avenue fire do when the firefighters arrived?
(a) They sang.
(b) They cheered.
(c) They chanted and yelled insults.
(d) They asked the firefighters to give them a ride.

4. What did firefighters find at the scene of the fire at the Kelly Street apartments?
(a) Molotov cocktails.
(b) Faulty wiring.
(c) Burned food on a stove.
(d) Three gas cans, pointing to arson.

5. How did Smith believe the city was treated by the state?
(a) He felt the state placed too many requirements on the city.
(b) He felt the state put too much emphasis on the city.
(c) He felt the state tried to control the city.
(d) He felt the state took the city's tax money, but failed to provide adequate services.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was responsible for the most malicious false alarms?

2. What did the three men sitting on Charlotte Street do when they saw the kid pull the false alarm in Chapter 3?

3. To which kind of call was the firefighter responding when he was killed, prior to the events in Chapter 2?

4. How does Smith describe his political leanings?

5. How did Smith remember details for the book while working full-time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Smith's view of the political leaders of New York City?

2. Why did Artie think the 20th century should be called the "Great Zap"?

3. Why does Smith tell his mother that he feels compelled to continue working in the dangerous South Bronx neighborhood?

4. What was Dennis Smith's main concern about writing about his fellow firefighters?

5. How did Dennis Smith get started on writing Report From Engine Co. 82?

6. Why, according to Dennis Smith, were so many false alarms were pulled in the South Bronx?

7. How does Smith describe the fire marshals sent to investigate the Intervale Avenue fire?

8. What did Dennis Smith observe about the attitude of the driver who hit the young boy and was then beaten by the crowd in Chapter 2?

9. Why was Smith reminded of the sun when he entered the burning room on Forest Avenue in Chapter 5?

10. Why did the firemen tease Billy Valenzio about his strength?

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