Fire!
  • 1. Our town has a ______ for teens that says they must not be out without an adult after 10:00 P.M.
A) ventilate
B) dedication
C) curfew
D) brigade
  • 2. When Jamie burned the cookies, she opened the windows to ______ the house.
A) flammable
B) brigade
C) billow
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) curfew
B) brigade
C) dedication
D) decree
  • 5. As we drove down the road, we saw thick smoke _____ from a car.
A) flammable
B) billowing
C) curfew
D) famine
  • 6. Several members of the fire _____ are volunteers who work only on weekends.
A) trickle
B) brigade
C) ventilate
D) dedication
  • 7. What is this selection mostly about?
A) a day in the life of one important firefighter
B) firefighting now and long ago in the United States.
C) the dangers of firefighting
D) the importance of fire department equipment
  • 8. There are _____ firefighters in the United States.
A) under ten thousand five hundred
B) twenty five
C) over a million and a half
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) always challenging
C) never exciting
D) too boring to work there a long time
  • 10. Who is in charge of the firefighting crew during a "worker"?
A) a driver
B) an officer
C) a firefighter
D) a back-stepper
  • 11. According to the selection, a rig is the name of the _____.
A) firehouse pole
B) fire alarm
C) fire truck
D) firefighting equipment
  • 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) gets his or her gear in order and sets it up next to the fire truck.
C) shops for groceries and prepares dinner.
D) attends a training session.
  • 13. What does the word overhaul mean to firefighters?
A) The ashes must be soaked until they are cold.
B) The fire is starting again.
C) The fire is almost out.
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 didn't understand the causes of fire.
C) They built their houses out of flammable material
D) They built their houses too quickly and sloppily.
  • 15. Why were children part of the firefighting force in the 1600's?
A) Windows in houses were too small for adults.
B) All children were required to work.
C) It took the whole town to put out fires.
D) Every house had a bucket hanging next to the door.
  • 16. In the 1600's, why did the town elders order a curfew for the citizens?
A) People needed to sleep all night.
B) Fires often occurred between 9:00 pm and 4:30 am.
C) Firefighters were not available during the night.
D) People needed to be off the streets during the night.
  • 17. Why was a "rattle watch" necessary in cities long ago?
A) to tell what time it was
B) to warn people if a fire broke out at night.
C) to protect the streets from robbers at night
D) to stop any fires that started during the night
  • 18. Who invented the first fire department?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) George Washington
D) Paul Revere
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