"How Well Is Your Community Prepared" Passage & Questions
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3 questions
Read the passage and answer the following questions. Make sure you use the "4 Steps to Success" practice!
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Which evidence from the text best supports the author’s point that it is important for a community to have an emergency response plan?
Which evidence from the text best supports the author’s point that it is important for a community to have an emergency response plan?
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According to the author, which of the following are reasons why it is important for a community to have an emergency response plan? Pick all answers that apply.
According to the author, which of the following are reasons why it is important for a community to have an emergency response plan? Pick all answers that apply.
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Read the following quote from the text and answer the question that follows:
“Until we had serious floods, in 1982, our emergency plans were gathering dust in someone’s office. We thought nothing could ever happen to us,” says Hamden’s deputy fire chief, Walter MacDowell. “We were totally unprepared for those floods. But after that, we made sure we knew what we were doing. When the tornadoes hit, we were ready.”
How does the author use this evidence in the article?
Read the following quote from the text and answer the question that follows:
“Until we had serious floods, in 1982, our emergency plans were gathering dust in someone’s office. We thought nothing could ever happen to us,” says Hamden’s deputy fire chief, Walter MacDowell. “We were totally unprepared for those floods. But after that, we made sure we knew what we were doing. When the tornadoes hit, we were ready.”
How does the author use this evidence in the article?