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  • 1. Our town has a ______ for teens that says they must not be out without an adult after 10:00 P.M.
A) brigade
B) ventilate
C) curfew
D) dedication
  • 2. When Jamie burned the cookies, she opened the windows to ______ the house.
A) ventilate
B) flammable
C) brigade
D) billow
  • 3. When there is not rain for a long time, grass and leaves become dry and ______.
A) flammable
B) billowing
C) curfew
D) ventilate
  • 4. His _____ to the project enabled us to finish ahead of our schedule.
A) dedication
B) brigade
C) decree
D) curfew
  • 5. As we drove down the road, we saw thick smoke _____ from a car.
A) billowing
B) famine
C) curfew
D) flammable
  • 6. Several members of the fire _____ are volunteers who work only on weekends.
A) ventilate
B) trickle
C) brigade
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 importance of fire department equipment
D) the dangers of firefighting
  • 8. There are _____ firefighters in the United States.
A) over ten million
B) under ten thousand five hundred
C) twenty five
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) too hard to handle
C) too boring to work there a long time
D) always challenging
  • 10. Who is in charge of the firefighting crew during a "worker"?
A) a firefighter
B) a back-stepper
C) an officer
D) a driver
  • 11. According to the selection, a rig is the name of the _____.
A) fire truck
B) fire alarm
C) firefighting equipment
D) firehouse pole
  • 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) shops for groceries and prepares dinner.
C) attends a training session.
D) makes his or her bed and cleans the station house.
  • 13. What does the word overhaul mean to firefighters?
A) The fire is starting again.
B) The ashes must be soaked until they are cold.
C) The townspeople form a bucket brigade.
D) The fire is almost out.
  • 14. What's one reason towns burned id one house caught fire in the 1600's?
A) They didn't understand the causes of fire.
B) They built their houses out of flammable material
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) All children were required to work.
C) It took the whole town to put out fires.
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 sleep all night.
B) Fires often occurred between 9:00 pm and 4:30 am.
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 stop any fires that started during the night
B) to tell what time it was
C) to warn people if a fire broke out at night.
D) to protect the streets from robbers at night
  • 18. Who invented the first fire department?
A) George Washington
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) Paul Revere
D) Thomas Jefferson
  • 19. What is turnout gear?
A) Clothes that firefighters wear to fight fires.
B) Clothes the chief wears.
C) Gear that firefighters use to put out fires.
D) Gear for playing soccer.
  • 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) They can't sleep at the station when people are walking around saying the word rekindle.
C) It hurts their ears
D) Rekindle means the fire has started again.
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