Nurse Hero

1.

1 point

What is the author's purpose in writing "Nurse Hero: Taking Charge at a Crash Site"?

To encourage the reader to avoid riding school buses

To inform the reader about the heroic actions of Helen Getchell

To emphasize the differences between bus drivers and nurses

2.

1 point

What does the author imply by saying "As she moved closer, she [Getchell] saw that he [the injured boy] was beyond help"?

Getchell couldn't reach the boy.

The boy was not injured at all.

The boy was already dead.

3.

1 point

The driver of the bus

a substitute who was unfamiliar with the route.

not paying attention to traffic.

deaf.

4.

1 point

Helen Getchell received the award

Medal of Honor.

Volunteer of the Year award.

Nurse Hero award.

5.

1 point

Making Inferences:

Gail Rucker was a creative and flexible thinker.

correct inference

faulty inference

6.

1 point

Making Inferences:

If you have medical training, you can save the life of every patient you treat.

correct inference

faulty inference

7.

1 point

Making Inferences:

Bus drivers accept an awesome responsibility when they agree to drive school buses.

faulty inference

correct inference

8.

1 point

Which of the following statements from the article is an opinion rather than a fact?

"It was very, very scary."

"On October 25, 1995, a train weighing about 620 tons smashed into the back of a school bus."

"The accident occurred at about 7:20 a.m., when 35 students sat on the bus headed to the Cary-Grove High School."

9.

1 point

What does the author mean by the statement "When she [Helen Getchell] heard the crash, she froze for a second"?

Getchell became extremely cold for a few seconds.

Getchell stopped moving while she tried to identify the sound she had just heard.

Getchell was too afraid for her own safety to move at all.

10.

1 point

Making Inferences:

The crash occurred in a rural area, far away from the city.

faulty inference

correct inference

11.

1 point

Making Inferences:

Helen Getchell was the only person who tried to help the young victims of the crash.

correct inference

faulty inference

12.

1 point

The bus stayed on the tracks because

traffic ahead had been stopped by a red light.

it had stalled.

the closing gate had trapped it on the tracks.

13.

1 point

The author uses the first sentence of the article to

compare the sound of a train and the sound of a bus.

entertain the reader with a joke.

appeal to the reader's curiosity about what caused the sound.

14.

1 point

From what the article told about the accident, you can predict that from now on

school bus drivers will be extremely cautious when they approach railroad tracks.

school buses will never cross railroad tracks.

no substitute drivers will be allowed to drive school buses again.

15.

1 point

Helen Getchell performed all these activities except

comforting the frightened children.

driving the bus off the tracks.

directing the volunteers.

16.

1 point

Choose the best one-sentence paraphrase for the following sentence from the article:

"The train hit the bus with such force that it ripped the body of the vehicle off its chassis, spinning it around 180 degrees."

The train and teh bus collided with such force that the bus spun around in a full circle.

When the train hit the bus the train spun around 180 degrees.

The train crashed so strongly into the bus that the bus's body ripped loose from the chassis and spun around to face the opposite direction.

17.

1 point

At the time of the accident, Helen Getchell had been a registered nurse for

18 years.

18 months.

one month.