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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. Which writer once suggested that the story finds the author?
(a) Shirley Jackson.
(b) Sarah Orne Jewett..
(c) Charlotte Gilman.
(d) Katherine Anne Porter.

2. 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 tried to control the city.
(c) He felt the state took the city's tax money, but failed to provide adequate services.
(d) He felt the state put too much emphasis on the city.

3. How did the firefighter die in the previous incident mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) He was badly burned in a fire.
(b) He suffered a heart attack.
(c) He died of smoke inhalation while battling a fire.
(d) He fell off the fire truck as it rounded a corner and died from his injuries.

4. What happened when two of the fire trucks collided while responding to a call in Chapter 4?
(a) A bystander was injured.
(b) A firefighter hanging on the back of one truck was badly injured.
(c) A civilian vehicle collided with the trucks.
(d) A bicyclist hit one of the trucks.

5. What is Washingtonville's main claim to historical significance?
(a) The town was a stopping point on the Underground Railroad.
(b) The town was founded by freed slaves.
(c) The town was attacked by Confederate forces during the Civil War.
(d) The town participated in the Revolutionary War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What field did Smith's wife want him to go into instead of firefighting?

2. Why does Smith say there are fewer fires today compared to the period during which he served?

3. How many injured people were found in the Kelly Street apartment?

4. What was wrong with the furnace room where the firefighters retreated for warmth during the Charlotte Street fire?

5. What orders did the doctors give Smith after his injury from the Prospect Avenue fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Firefighter Jim's reaction to news of the arrests of Vietnam War protesters in Chapter 3?

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

3. 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?

4. How did Smith's mother's attitude toward work reflect an old-fashioned way of viewing labor in New York City?

5. What does Dennis Smith think should be done with people who pull malicious false alarms, and why?

6. In reflecting on the boys who chanted hate-filled slogans at the firefighters in Chapter 4, Smith reflects that "people don't hate other people." What does he mean by that?

7. What did the firemen do when they got the second teenager out of the Intervale Avenue apartment building, which was torched in the arson attack in Chapter 1?

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

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

10. Why were the firefighters remaining at the scene of the fire on Forest Avenue (in Chapter 5) unsure of the names of the injured firemen?

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