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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) ventilate
C) curfew
D) brigade
  • 2. When Jamie burned the cookies, she opened the windows to ______ the house.
A) billow
B) brigade
C) ventilate
D) flammable
  • 3. When there is not rain for a long time, grass and leaves become dry and ______.
A) curfew
B) flammable
C) ventilate
D) billowing
  • 4. His _____ to the project enabled us to finish ahead of our schedule.
A) dedication
B) curfew
C) decree
D) brigade
  • 5. As we drove down the road, we saw thick smoke _____ from a car.
A) curfew
B) famine
C) flammable
D) billowing
  • 6. Several members of the fire _____ are volunteers who work only on weekends.
A) ventilate
B) brigade
C) dedication
D) trickle
  • 7. What is this selection mostly about?
A) firefighting now and long ago in the United States.
B) a day in the life of one important firefighter
C) the dangers of firefighting
D) the importance of fire department equipment
  • 8. There are _____ firefighters in the United States.
A) over ten million
B) over a million and a half
C) under ten thousand five hundred
D) twenty five
  • 9. Every fire department does things their own way, but they all agree that the job is _____.
A) too boring to work there a long time
B) too hard to handle
C) always challenging
D) never exciting
  • 10. Who is in charge of the firefighting crew during a "worker"?
A) an officer
B) a back-stepper
C) a driver
D) a firefighter
  • 11. According to the selection, a rig is the name of the _____.
A) firefighting equipment
B) firehouse pole
C) fire alarm
D) fire truck
  • 12. What is the first thing a firefighter does when getting to work?
A) gets his or her gear in order and sets it up next to the fire truck.
B) makes his or her bed and cleans the station house.
C) shops for groceries and prepares dinner.
D) attends a training session.
  • 13. What does the word overhaul mean to firefighters?
A) The fire is almost out.
B) The fire is starting again.
C) The ashes must be soaked until they are cold.
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 built their houses too quickly and sloppily.
B) They built their houses out of flammable material
C) They didn't understand the causes of fire.
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) Windows in houses were too small for adults.
C) All children were required to work.
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 sleep all night.
C) People needed to be off the streets during the night.
D) Firefighters were not available during the night.
  • 17. Why was a "rattle watch" necessary in cities long ago?
A) to warn people if a fire broke out at night.
B) to protect the streets from robbers at night
C) to tell what time it was
D) to stop any fires that started during the night
  • 18. Who invented the first fire department?
A) George Washington
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) Paul Revere
  • 19. What is turnout gear?
A) Clothes that firefighters wear to fight fires.
B) Gear for playing soccer.
C) Gear that firefighters use to put out fires.
D) Clothes the chief wears.
  • 20. Why do firefighters never want to hear the word REKINDLE ?
A) Rekindle means the fire has started again.
B) It's the signal that they need to leave the station to go fight a fire.
C) They can't sleep at the station when people are walking around saying the word rekindle.
D) It hurts their ears
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