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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Smith's mother hide the television under a bedspread?
(a) She was afraid the TV would be stolen.
(b) Welfare recipients were not allowed to have TVs or phones.
(c) She did not want her children watching TV.
(d) The TV was broken.

2. Why were the teens carrying the items out of the Simpson Street apartment building?
(a) They were carrying them out for another resident.
(b) They were carrying them out of their own apartment for safety.
(c) They had bought them from another resident.
(d) They stole them from another resident.

3. Why did the John Birch Society want a local teacher in Washingtonville fired?
(a) Because the teacher was an active union member.
(b) Because they felt the teacher was ineffective.
(c) Because the teacher allowed a student to draw an American flag surrounded by question marks.
(d) Because the teacher was an outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam.

4. Why did Smith want to re-read the Yeats poem about wise men becoming tense with violence before they can accomplish fate?
(a) He was trying to understand what causes some men to willingly go into burning buildings.
(b) He was trying to take his mind off his work.
(c) He was trying to understand the situation of people throwing rocks at firefighters.
(d) He was preparing another letter to the editor.

5. Approximately what percentage of the fire department's calls were for actual fires?
(a) One-half.
(b) One-quarter.
(c) Three-quarters.
(d) One-third.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease did one of the firefighters contract?

2. To which publication did Dennis Smith write a letter that caught the attention of editors?

3. How did the boy sustain the injuries suffered in the incident at Home and Simpson streets in Chapter 2?

4. How did the Charlotte Street fire become easier to battle?

5. In what town did Smith live while working in the South Bronx?

(see the answer key)

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