Hmh Smokejumpers to the Rescue

If you want to be a smokejumper, you must be _____.

• within a certain weight range

• male

• a university graduate

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the reading?

• Smokejumpers put out fires in areas that are hard to reach.

• Smokejumpers must learn to survive in the wilderness.

• Smokejumpers are paid more than regular firefighters.

Several times each week, smoke jumpers had to ____________ to the scene of a fire.

• race

• capable

• employed

What is the reading mainly about?

• the life of a Russian smokejumper

• who smokejumpers are and what they do

• why people become smokejumpers

What does a smokejumper clear from the land?

• water

• dry grass and dead trees

• dirt

The structure of paragraphs 1-5 in Smokejumpers to the Rescue helps the reader understand _______________.

• How the smokejumpers put out the wildfires.

• The sequence of events a smokejumper follows once they arrive at the wildfire location.

• The sequence of events a smokejumper must follow to put out the wildfires.

• The effects of the wildfires on the smokejumpers.

Overall, how does the author organize the text, Smokejumpers to the Rescue?

• By explaining the causes of wildfire and the negative effects they have on the areas that are impacted.

• By comparing different types of firefighters to smokejumpers.

• By explaining the sequence of events that a smokejumper must follow in order to put out a wildfire.

• By explaining the solutions smokejumpers use to put out wildfires.

What is the primary role of a smokejumper?

• To extinguish fires in remote areas

• To train other firefighters

• To rescue people from burning buildings

• To monitor weather conditions

Which of the following skills is essential for a smokejumper?

• Cooking

• Navigation

• Painting

• Singing

What does the term 'smokejumper' refer to in the context of firefighting?

• A firefighter who jumps from helicopters

• A firefighter who parachutes into remote areas

• A firefighter who uses smoke signals

• A firefighter who specializes in urban fires