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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the second injured person found by firefighters at the Home and Simpson streets intersection, and how was he injured?
(a) The driver; he sustained the injuries in the accident.
(b) The driver; he had been beaten by the angry crowd.
(c) A bystander mistaken for the driver and beaten.
(d) The boy's friend, who was also hit.

2. What one gift did Smith want more than anything as a child?
(a) A remote-control car.
(b) A television in his own room.
(c) A skateboard.
(d) A Schwinn bicycle.

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 the teacher allowed a student to draw an American flag surrounded by question marks.
(c) Because the teacher was an outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam.
(d) Because they felt the teacher was ineffective.

4. What did the sound of four 5 bells announce at the fire station?
(a) Injuries to a firefighter.
(b) A multiple-alarm fire.
(c) The death of a firefighter in the line of duty.
(d) A car accident.

5. What kind of living quarters did Dennis Smith grow up in?
(a) A single-family house in Flushing.
(b) A New York City high-rise studio apartment.
(c) A New York City tenement.
(d) A townhouse in the Bronx.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which Irish writer did Smith discuss in his letter to the editor?

3. Approximately how many firefighters died each year in New York at the time the book was written?

4. How did Smith's wife compare his job to that of a soldier's in Vietnam?

5. Why did the firemen call for police assistance while battling the Fox Street fire in Chapter 8?

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