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Contribuido por: Goers
(Autor original: Thompson)
  • 1. Our town has a ______ for teens that says they must not be out without an adult after 10:00 P.M.
A) curfew
B) ventilate
C) brigade
D) dedication
  • 2. When Jamie burned the cookies, she opened the windows to ______ the house.
A) flammable
B) billow
C) brigade
D) ventilate
  • 3. When there is not rain for a long time, grass and leaves become dry and ______.
A) flammable
B) ventilate
C) curfew
D) billowing
  • 4. His _____ to the project enabled us to finish ahead of our schedule.
A) dedication
B) decree
C) brigade
D) curfew
  • 5. As we drove down the road, we saw thick smoke _____ from a car.
A) billowing
B) flammable
C) curfew
D) famine
  • 6. Several members of the fire _____ are volunteers who work only on weekends.
A) brigade
B) dedication
C) trickle
D) ventilate
  • 7. What is this selection mostly about?
A) firefighting now and long ago in the United States.
B) the dangers of firefighting
C) the importance of fire department equipment
D) a day in the life of one important firefighter
  • 8. There are _____ firefighters in the United States.
A) over a million and a half
B) twenty five
C) under ten thousand five hundred
D) over ten million
  • 9. Every fire department does things their own way, but they all agree that the job is _____.
A) too hard to handle
B) too boring to work there a long time
C) always challenging
D) never exciting
  • 10. Who is in charge of the firefighting crew during a "worker"?
A) a firefighter
B) a driver
C) a back-stepper
D) an officer
  • 11. According to the selection, a rig is the name of the _____.
A) fire truck
B) firefighting equipment
C) fire alarm
D) firehouse pole
  • 12. What is the first thing a firefighter does when getting to work?
A) makes his or her bed and cleans the station house.
B) attends a training session.
C) gets his or her gear in order and sets it up next to the fire truck.
D) shops for groceries and prepares dinner.
  • 13. What does the word overhaul mean to firefighters?
A) The ashes must be soaked until they are cold.
B) The fire is almost out.
C) The fire is starting again.
D) The townspeople form a bucket brigade.
  • 14. What's one reason towns burned id one house caught fire in the 1600's?
A) They didn't have firefighters back then.
B) They built their houses too quickly and sloppily.
C) They built their houses out of flammable material
D) They didn't understand the causes of fire.
  • 15. Why were children part of the firefighting force in the 1600's?
A) Every house had a bucket hanging next to the door.
B) All children were required to work.
C) Windows in houses were too small for adults.
D) It took the whole town to put out fires.
  • 16. In the 1600's, why did the town elders order a curfew for the citizens?
A) Fires often occurred between 9:00 pm and 4:30 am.
B) People needed to be off the streets during the night.
C) Firefighters were not available during the night.
D) People needed to sleep all night.
  • 17. Why was a "rattle watch" necessary in cities long ago?
A) to stop any fires that started during the night
B) to warn people if a fire broke out at night.
C) to tell what time it was
D) to protect the streets from robbers at night
  • 18. Who invented the first fire department?
A) Benjamin Franklin
B) George Washington
C) Paul Revere
D) Thomas Jefferson
  • 19. What is turnout gear?
A) Clothes the chief wears.
B) Clothes that firefighters wear to fight fires.
C) Gear for playing soccer.
D) Gear that firefighters use to put out fires.
  • 20. Why do firefighters never want to hear the word REKINDLE ?
A) It's the signal that they need to leave the station to go fight a fire.
B) It hurts their ears
C) Rekindle means the fire has started again.
D) They can't sleep at the station when people are walking around saying the word rekindle.
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