Jumping into Action

According to "Bracing the Flames," smokejumpers fight fires that are _______.

• high up in buildings

• on airplanes or helicopters

• hard for fire trucks to reach

• especially smoky

Which one of these would a smokejumper probably NOT use?

• a fire hose

• a helmet

• an ax

• a parachute

Part A: Based on the article, which word best describes a smokejumper's job?

• simple

• entertaining

• dangerous

• easy

Part B: Which sentence from the article best supports the answer to question 3?

• "Because of hot, dry weather, fires there have spread easily."

• "Smoke jumpers work to put these fires out before they spread."

• "But that's not the only hazard they face."

• "Dirt by itself cannot burn."

According to the sidebar "Speak like a Smokejumper!," the most active part of a fire is the _______.

• jump spot

• head

• base

• fuel

In "Should You Keep Money You Find?," one of Jarrett Cole's main arguments is that _____.

• keeping money you find is always stealing

• when you find money, it's often hard to know who the money belongs to

• it's very unusual for people to lose money

• $20 is a lot of money

Alexis Burt argues that instead of keeping money you find, you should ______.

• donate it

• leave it where you found it

• try to find out who it belongs to

• throw it away

According to "See the Seahorse?," the new seahorse is about the size of _______.

• a horse

• a plant

• a grain of rice

• an ocean

You can guess that plants and coral in the ocean near Japan are mostly _______.

• easy to miss

• giant

• dying out

• colorful

In "Strange But True," the word version most nearly means ______.

• a type of something

• an action movie

• a character

• a record