Smokejumpers 4th Grade

What is the main idea of Smokejumpers?

• A group of people who risk their lives to put out wildfires.
• Jumping out of an airplane
• Making fires to stop other fires
• Tools and gear that smokejumpers wear

What is the author's purpose for writing the text?

• to persuade you to be a smokejumper
• to teach about the courage and dedication of smokejumpers
• to entertain you with a funny story
• to teach you how to put out fires

Which of these statements show you smoke jumping is a challenge?

• My parachute makes a wonderful, soft mattress.
• We just add water to meals like eggs, ham, soup, and chili.
• Some wilderness fires burn for forty to sixty days.
• Dan is a smokejumper based in Montana.

What prevents normal firefighters from getting to the wildfire?

• The fire is too hot.
• Smoke is spotted from miles off.
• The fire is away from the road and difficult to get to.
• The wildfire may get out of control.

What details in the passage support that it is dangerous for smokejumpers to enter the area?

• Smokejumpers must jump out of planes in dangerous situations in order to put out wildfires that start in remote areas.
• Special uniforms help smokejumpers be safe in dangerous situations.  They have to have on special equipment in order to successfully put out fires.
• Careless hikers start wildfires that smokejumpers have to put out.
• Wildfires are horrible, and people who start them are bad people.

What important details did the author provide about the smokejumpers’ jumpsuits and safety gear? 

• They wear gloves.
• Smokejumpers have to be tough.
• Smokejumpers have to carry all of their equipment for putting out fires.
• Safety gear helps protect the smokejumpers from dangers.

Why do smokejumpers create a firebreak?

• to spread fire
• rescue animals
• stop the spread of fires
• play in the dirt

A line of many men and women who are working very close to a blazing wall of fire are...A line of many men and women who are working very close to a blazing wall of fire are...

• smokejumpers
• parachutists
• hot shots
• firefighters

Smokejumpers and Hot Shots mission is the same.  They...

• want to prevent forest fires
• stop a fire before it becomes more destructive
• save all the people and animals
• fly over fire to get a rush of excitement

A jumpmaster has to...

• check the ground and landing area
• jump first
• pack all of the gear
• play the fiddle