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What is the genre of Smokejumpers to the rescue?

• Fiction

• Play

• Nonfiction

• Historical Fiction

Why are smokejumpers called to put out a fire?

• It is easier for them to put out a fire.

• It is often safer for them to fight a fire.

• They are able to use fewer people to put out a fire.

• They are able to get to the fire quicker than other firefighters.

What is a firebreak?

• The spot where the Smokejumpers land.

• A tool used by the Smokejumpers in order to fight the fire.

• A nickname the Smokejumpers give each other.

• A stretch of ground dug up by smokejumpers with nothing left to burn.

Why do smokejumpers create a firebreak?

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

How does a firebreak help to stop a fire?

• It creates a space for smokejumpers to land.

• It opens up the forest so the fire truck can get to the fire.

• It helps pilots see where they need to drop supplies.

• It takes away the trees and branches a fire needs to keep burning.

How does the author organize the section called “Practice, Practice, Practice!”?

• by explaining how smokejumpers put out fires

• by arguing why people should train to become smokejumpers

• by giving examples of why becoming a smokejumper is a lot of work

• by describing the steps smokejumpers take to pack their parachute in a bag

Which best tells the main idea of the passage?

• Smokejumpers work hard using their special training and tools to fight fires.

• Smokejumpers need special equipment such as parachutes to do their job.

• Smokejumpers live in areas where a lot of fires happen.

• Smokejumpers take airplanes to get to fires.

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 meaning of the word timid?

• happy and joyful

• careful and fearful

• strong and brave

• confuded and dazed

What is the meaning of the word strenuous?

• ready to work

• hard to understand

• very easy

• great effort and a lot of energy