Molly, By Golly Central Idea

What is the topic of Molly, by Golly?

• Firefighters

• Cooking

• Molly Williams

• New York City Fire Department

What is the Central idea of Molly, By Golly?

• How the town worked together to put out a fire.

• How the New York City fire department put out a fire

• How Molly Williams became the first female firefighter

What sentence from the story supports the idea the Molly was brave?

• Molly pulled down chunks of burning roof with a hooked iron rod.

• Bone tired, Molly took her place on the drag rope to pull the pumper back to the shed.

• Molly recognized a sound growing louder above the whine of the snowstorm

Read the sentence from Molly, By Golly!

“Start pumping, and be quick about it!” the Captain shouted.

What word means almost the same as quick?

• first

• slow

• hard

• fast

Read the sentence from the story.

Molly jumped to join the men at the pumper engine’s sides.

What does the suffix -ed mean in the word jumped?

• it happened in the past

• it is happening now

• it will happen in the future