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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. On what street did the firefighters respond to a large fire in Chapter 5?
(a) Carlotti Street.
(b) Charlotte Street.
(c) Campanella Avenue.
(d) Broad Street.

2. What did Smith find buried under the rubble at the Charlotte Street apartment in Chapter 5?
(a) A child's bike.
(b) A Big Wheel.
(c) A race car set.
(d) A doll.

3. For which time period did Smith work as a firefighter in the South Bronx?
(a) 1960-67.
(b) 1962-1969.
(c) 1969-1976.
(d) 1966-73.

4. What options did the firefighters have when they were trapped between the two blazes at the factory building?
(a) They had no options.
(b) They could all focus on one fire or split up and tackle both.
(c) They could jump out the windows or climb to the roof.
(d) They could wait for another team to arrive or jump out the window.

5. What injury did the young Hispanic boy suffer during the dinner time call to Home and Simpson streets?
(a) A broken arm.
(b) A broken neck.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) Abrasions and bruises.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the term Smith used to describe a challenging fire?

3. What did the kids across the street from the Union Avenue fire do when the firefighters arrived?

4. According to the film Smith saw at a recent science fair, how much bigger than the earth is the sun?

5. What did the firefighters discover when they arrived at the Kelly Street fire in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the firefighters feel about the deaths of the two teenagers in the Intervale Avenue arson fire in Chapter 1?

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

4. How was Firefighter Mike Carr killed?

5. Besides the risks to firefighters, what does Dennis Smith believe is a real risk of malicious false alarms?

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

7. How did the attack on Firefighter Nick Riso (a brick was thrown at him in Chapter 3) make Smith feel?

8. Why does Smith say city workers were fleeing cities to live in the suburbs?

9. Why do firemen have to sometimes crawl on their bellies while in a burning building?

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

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