1. Refer to several details in the first two paragraphs to support your understanding of how the Triangle Fire likely started and how the fire spread on the eighth floor. 2. Write two or three sentences describing what caused the windows to blow out on the eighth floor and how this affected the ninth floor above. Cite specific textual evidence from paragraph 8.
3. What did firefighters attempt to do to help those who jumped from the ninth floor? Why were these efforts not successful? Support your answer with evidence from paragraph 12 of the text.
4. Use context to determine the meaning of the word standpipe as it is used in paragraphs 2 and 11 of Flesh and Blood So Cheap. Write your definition of “standpipe” and tell how you determined the meaning of the word.
5. By keeping in mind that the Greek root “aer” means “air” and the Latin suffix “ial” means “having the characteristics of,” use the context clues provided in paragraph 12 to determine the meaning of aerial ladders. Write your definition of “aerial” here and tell how you got it. Then describe what an aerial ladder would be.