--- title: Fire at home — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 34 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 8 of 19 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/34-fire-at-home/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/) / 34 # Fire at home **Tests:** 8 of 19 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 14 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 34 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/34-fire-at-home/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} A girl in Auckland wakes to a beeping alarm and a smoky room. What should she do first? - **1.** Hide in the bedroom cupboard until it stops — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Stand up tall and look for where the fire is — no support - **3.** Open the window and wait in bed for help — no support - **4.** Get low and crawl to the safest way out — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Which statement is true? - **1.** Smoke always sinks down to the floor first — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Flames kill many more people than smoke does — no support - **3.** Fire takes hours to fill a room with smoke — no support - **4.** Smoke collects near the ceiling first — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Leo's shirt catches fire from a candle. What should he do? - **1.** Pull the shirt off over his head while running to the tap — score 7 - **2.** Stop, drop to the ground, cover his face and roll — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **3.** Run outside fast so the wind blows the flames out — score 7 - **4.** Wave his arms to shake off the flames — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 34, line 5: «If your clothes catch fire, running only feeds the flames with air. Instead you stop, drop to the ground, cover your face with your hands and roll until the fi…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «drop» (+3); the same place «ground» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} What would most likely happen if a family had no meeting place? - **1.** Nothing, because a meeting place is not needed — no support - **2.** The firefighters would arrive sooner — no support - **3.** Someone might go back in looking for a person who is safe — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** They would escape more quickly from the house — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 2: «These animals do not want to fight a person; most bites happen when someone steps on one, puts a hand where they cannot see, or tries to catch, poke or kill it.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «someone» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} A boy in Phoenix feels his bedroom door and it is hot. What should he do? - **1.** Keep it shut and use his other way out — **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **2.** Pour water on the door and then open it — no support - **3.** Open it slowly and look round for the fire — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 - **4.** Open it quickly and run straight through — score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 34, line 12: «Before opening a door in a fire, you feel it with the back of your hand; if it is hot, you use another way out. The back of the hand feels heat well, and your…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «open» (+3); the same thing acted on «door» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} A family in Sydney has escaped a fire. Who calls 000, and from where? - **1.** The parent, after going back for the phone — no support - **2.** The youngest child, from inside the house — no support - **3.** Nobody, the alarm calls the brigade by itself — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **4.** Anyone safe outside, using a phone out there — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 13: «Every family should have an escape plan with two ways out of each room and a meeting place outside, where everyone can be counted so nobody goes back in to loo…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «nobody» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} Why should a child not try to fight a house fire with a bucket of water? - **1.** Water never puts out any kind of fire — no support - **2.** Fires grow fast and getting out quickly saves lives — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Firefighters like to put out fires themselves and get cross if you help — no support - **4.** A bucket is too heavy for any child — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 1: «A fire in a home grows very fast: in a few minutes a whole room can fill with thick, hot, poisonous smoke. You have very little time, so the plan is simple: ge…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «grow» (+1); the same doer «fire» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Why is a smoke alarm better at detecting a fire than a sleeping person? - **1.** It senses smoke while people are asleep and cannot smell well — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** It hears the crackle of fire from far away — no support - **3.** It is warmer than a person — no support - **4.** It can see flames through walls — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} Which is the safest thing to do when your house fills with smoke? - **1.** Walk upright to see over the smoke — no support - **2.** Stay still and wait for the smoke to clear — no support - **3.** Hold your breath and run through the flames — no support - **4.** Crawl low under the smoke to the exit — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 2: «Smoke is the biggest danger. It is hot and lighter than the cool air, so it rises and gathers at the ceiling first. The cleanest air is near the floor, which i…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «crawl» (+3); the same place «smoke» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} smoke everywhere, how do i get out - **1.** Stand up tall and run — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Hide under the bed until it stops — no support - **3.** Crawl low where the air is cleaner — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Open every cupboard — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} door feels hot to the back of my hand - **1.** Open it quickly — score 8 - **2.** Don't open it, use another way out — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **3.** Kick it open — no support - **4.** Wait for it to cool — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 34, line 12: «Before opening a door in a fire, you feel it with the back of your hand; if it is hot, you use another way out. The back of the hand feels heat well, and your…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «way» (+5); the same action «use out» (+3); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} we got out but the dog's still inside - **1.** Call the dog from the doorway — no support - **2.** Never go back in, tell firefighters — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Run in quickly for the dog — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** Go in with a wet towel over your face — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 14: «Running away from a dog can make it chase you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run away» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} my sleeve's on fire!! - **1.** Run for the tap — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Blow on it hard — no support - **3.** Stop, drop, cover your face and roll — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Wave your arm about — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14} house is on fire but my tablet's upstairs - **1.** Go up if the smoke is thin and you hold your breath — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Get out and stay out, never go back for things — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Send your brother up for it — no support - **4.** Run up quickly and get it — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t15} chip pan's on fire, mum's not here!! - **1.** Carry the pan outside — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Throw a jug of cold water on it fast — no support - **3.** Get out, do not use water, call for help — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Blow hard on the flames — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★ · right ✓ {#t16} Noah says u can just hold ur breath and walk through smoke. right? - **1.** Yes, unless the smoke is black — no support - **2.** Yes, if you walk quickly and keep your eyes shut tight — no support - **3.** No, smoke kills fast, stay low and get out another way — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** Yes, smoke is only a smell — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 9: «Most people who die in house fires are killed by smoke, not by the flames.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+3); the same doer «smoke» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t17} heard a family's house burned down and the dad went back in for the dog and never came out - **1.** It proves house fires only happen to families with dogs — score 4 - **2.** It is gossip, so going back in is fine if you are quick — no support - **3.** Real lesson: once out of a fire, never go back inside, not even for a pet — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Real lesson: dogs always find their own way out — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 21, line 1: «Dogs cannot talk, but they tell us how they feel all the time with their tail, ears, mouth, eyes and whole body.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feel» (+3); the same doer «dogs» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★ · right ✓ {#t18} my cousin says in a fire u should hide under the bed where the smoke can't get u - **1.** He is right, beds block the smoke — no support - **2.** Wrong; never hide in a fire, get out low and fast, because firefighters may not find you — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** He is right, but only in a small bedroom with the door shut and a wet towel under it — no support - **4.** He is right, if you take a pillow — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 17: «You should never hide under a bed or in a cupboard during a fire, because firefighters may not find you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same doer «firefighters» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t18/) ### Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t19} everyone's saying the Lees' fire was started on purpose by their son, pass it on - **1.** Pass it on, and add that he was laughing — no support - **2.** Pass it on, because fires do not start alone — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** Pass it on, so the police find out — no support - **4.** Do not pass it on; it is a serious rumour that could hurt an innocent family — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 5: «A family in Pennsylvania ignored a chirping smoke alarm with a flat battery for weeks; when a fire started at night the alarm stayed silent, and they woke late…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «start» (+3); the same doer «fire» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t19/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principal cause of death in house fires? - **1.** Most such deaths are occasioned by burns from the flames — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Most such deaths are occasioned by the water used to extinguish the fire — no support - **3.** Most such deaths are occasioned by smoke rather than by flames — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Most such deaths are occasioned by falling walls — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} It being given that a door is found to be hot to the back of the hand during a fire, select the course of action consistent with established guidance. - **1.** To open the door rapidly and run through — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** To open the door slowly to admit fresh air — score 5 - **3.** To wait behind the door until it has cooled — no support - **4.** To make use of another means of escape — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 34, line 12: «Before opening a door in a fire, you feel it with the back of your hand; if it is hot, you use another way out. The back of the hand feels heat well, and your…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «open» (+3); the same thing acted on «door» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Identify the action to be taken by a person whose clothing has caught fire. - **1.** To stand still and remove all clothing — no support - **2.** To wave the arms so as to blow out the flames — no support - **3.** To run as quickly as possible to fetch water — no support - **4.** To stop, to drop to the ground, to cover the face and to roll — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 5: «If your clothes catch fire, running only feeds the flames with air. Instead you stop, drop to the ground, cover your face with your hands and roll until the fi…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «face» (+5); the same action «cover» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning smoke alarms. - **1.** They should be installed only in the kitchen — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** They should be tested once in every ten years — no support - **3.** They should be disconnected whilst cooking — no support - **4.** They should be installed upon every level of a dwelling and tested monthly — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/e4/) - ← previous: [33. 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