Compare local government services in a snowy town.
Read about the winter plans
Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
A Choice at Town Hall
Frost Hollow is a snowy northern town. After a night of heavy snow, people met at town hall to compare two winter service plans. Plan A would send town road crews to clear Pine Road and the bus route first. Then crews would clear paths to the public library and the skating park. Plan B would clear the park and library paths first and Pine Road afterward.
Council member Imani Brooks explained that the town council listens to residents and decides how to use town money for local services. Public Works Director Mateo Ruiz schedules trucks and crews to clear and repair public roads. Fire Chief Asha Patel leads fire protection. She said clear roads help emergency vehicles reach homes.
The library is a public place where people can borrow books and use its space. The park crew checks the skating area and playground before people enter. Police officers help protect people and direct traffic when roads are dangerous. At the meeting, residents compared what each plan would make possible first: safer travel or earlier use of places to learn and play.
1.
What are residents comparing at town hall?
○A.Two kinds of books at the library
○B.Two orders for clearing roads and public-place paths
○C.Two teams of firefighters
○D.Two ways police direct traffic
2.
Which job belongs to Imani Brooks in the passage?
○A.Helping the council listen and decide how to use town money
○B.Scheduling the road crews and trucks
○C.Leading fire protection for the town
○D.Checking the skating area before it opens
3.
How are Mateo Ruiz's and Asha Patel's jobs different?
○A.Mateo lends books, and Asha repairs roads.
○B.Mateo directs police, and Asha opens the library.
○C.Mateo checks the park, and Asha votes on the budget.
○D.Mateo manages road clearing, and Asha leads fire protection.
4.
Which plan would let people use the library and skating park sooner?
○A.Plan A, because it clears roads first
○B.Plan B, because it clears their paths first
○C.Both plans, because neither clears the paths
○D.Neither plan, because the town has no library
5.
Under Plan A, why might a child wait longer to borrow a library book?
○A.The fire chief closes the library.
○B.The library has no books to lend.
○C.Plan A clears the library path after Pine Road.
○D.Police direct traffic inside the library.
Connect services to needs
Use the passage and what you know about local government services.
6.
A snowplow closes a busy crossing for a short time. Which local service could direct cars around the closed crossing?
○A.The public library
○B.The park crew
○C.The road service
○D.Police protection
7.
A smoke alarm reports flames in a house. Which local government service is meant to respond?
○A.Fire protection
○B.The public library
○C.Park care
○D.Road service
8.
If Plan B is used first, what is most likely to happen?
○A.The town council stops meeting until spring.
○B.Pine Road may stay snowy while the park and library paths are cleared.
○C.The library closes because no books are available.
○D.Police protection ends until the roads are clear.
9.
Which example shows one local government service helping another service do its job?
○A.The library lends a book while the park opens a skating area.
○B.A librarian reads a story during library hour.
○C.The park crew checks the playground before children play.
○D.Road crews clear a route so firefighters can reach a home.
10.
A family sees deep snow covering a public town street after the storm. Which service is best suited to clear it?
○A.The public library
○B.The park crew
○C.The town road crews
○D.Police protection
11.
Circle the two choices that use a local government service.
Borrow a book from the public libraryAsk police to direct traffic at a dangerous crossingBuy a sled from a storeShovel snow from your own porch
12.
Which statement correctly compares the park crew and the road crews?
○A.The park crew checks play areas; road crews clear and repair roads.
○B.The park crew lends books; road crews lead fire protection.
○C.The park crew directs traffic; road crews run the library.
○D.Both crews decide how to spend town money.
13.
Which detail from the passage is the best evidence for clearing Pine Road before the skating park when emergency travel is the main concern?
○A.The library is a public place where people borrow books.
○B.The park crew checks the skating area and playground.
○C.Asha says clear roads help emergency vehicles reach homes.
○D.Residents want places to learn and play.
Explain with evidence
Write complete thoughts. Use details from the passage.
14.
How are Imani Brooks's job and Mateo Ruiz's job different? Use one detail from the passage for each.
15.
If the council chooses Plan A, name two local government services it supports and explain how the plan helps each one during the snowy week.