Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Smoke started coming out of a block of flats. Within minutes the first two floors were burning. Then women and children ran out of their flats. There was a lot of noise. A woman started screaming ‘My baby is in the house’.
She ran forward. She wanted to get into the house. But before she could do so a man caught hold of her and dragged her away. Just then the firemen came. They had brought with them their dog Hero. They had trained their dog. Weeping loudly the woman told the firemen ‘My baby is in the flat’. ‘Don’t worry’, they told her. Then they told Hero, ‘Go and bring the baby’.
Hero ran into the smoke-filled entrance. They heard him barking, a few times, but could not see him. Suddenly the crowd cheered loudly. Hero was coming out of the house. He was half-carrying and half-dragging a bundle. The mother ran forward and picked up the bundle. The boy was in it. He was smiling. The mother hugged the baby and started crying. ‘
‘Well done, Hero’, the firemen patted Hero and said everything was alright. But Hero kept barking and wanted to enter the block of flats again. The firemen thought there might be another baby inside. So they let Hero enter the flat once more. A few minutes later Hero came running out. He was dragging another bundle. The crowd cheered and ran forward to look at the bundle. ‘Look’, said a woman, ‘he has saved another baby’.
They opened the bundle and burst out laughing. Hero had rescued a big doll!
1. Why did the people run out of the flats?
2. What did the woman scream?
3. Did she want to get into the house?
4. Who stopped her?
5. What was the name of the dog?
6. What was in the first bundle?
7. What was in the second bundle?
8. Pick out the word from the passage which means ‘save’.
