Grandpa Smoke Jumper

What did Andy find of interest in Grandpa's library?

• records

• a picture

• a sewing machine

• a turntable

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What happened before Grandpa explained that he would use smoke-jumper towers to practice jumping off?

• Grandpa settled back in his chair

• Karen sat on Dad's lap

• Andy asked Grandpa what jumping was like

• Grandma asked them to wait until after dinner to tell the story.

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Who is telling this story

• Mom

• Dad

• Andy

• Karen

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As Andy walks around his grandparents' house, he finds things that make him think his grandparents are ----

• strange

• exciting

• resourceful

• old-fashioned

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Who looks for fires and decides where the jumpers will go?

• finder

• jumper

• spotter

• lookout

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How had Grandpa shown he was fir for the job of a smoke jumper?

• He did twenty five sit-ups

• He did forty five sit-ups

• He could spot a fire and tell the jumpers where to land

• He backpacked over forty kilograms of gear five kilometers

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Why had Grandpa succeeded in saving the town?

• Rain came and doused the fire

• The fire had burned out in time

• The backfire had been effective

• They had saved thousands of square meters of land

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What helped the fire grow so rapidly in size and strength?

• small streams

• jumping ditches

• gusting winds

• spot fires

Why had it been so hard for Grandpa to breathe during the fire?

• He had to run from the fire

• He was high up in the mountains

• He had too many people breathing in the air around him

• The fire was using up the oxygen

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Why was Grandma in the picture of the smoke jumpers

• She was the cook at the camp

• She was the pilot of the plane

• She just happened to be there

• She was writing a story about them

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