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