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Show How High is Your Water Safety IQ? torn and push off with your feet to bring yourself up . 5. You want to test your endurance en-durance with some distance swimming. You should: (a) Ask the lifeguard to keep an eye on you ; (b) swim parallel par-allel to shore ; (c) Arrange for a boat to accompany you 6. You are climbing up a pool ladder when you notice someone in trouble behind you. about 4 feet from the side of the pool. You should: (a) Hold onto the ladder and extend your leg back for him to reach ; (b) Call the lifeguard life-guard ; (c) Swim out to him and bring him back to the side . Answers on page Seven. The Red Cross is making inquiry to determine the water safety I.Q. of townspeople, urging urg-ing them to score themselves on the following questions: 1. You are swimming in open water and get a severe cramp in your leg. You should: (a) Roll over to a face-down position po-sition and massage the aching part ; (b) Swim to shore as quickly as possible -; (c) Tread water and call for help . 2. You are out in a boat in rough water and the boat capsizes. cap-sizes. You should: (a) Get away from the boat, tread water, wa-ter, and call for help ; (b) Try to swim to shore ; (c) Hang on to the boat . 3. You are swimming in heavy surf and find yourself being carried out to sea. You should: (a) Swim towards the shore at an angle ; (b) Swim to one side and not against the current ; (c) Stop swimming and float with the current . 4. You are walking out into the water and you step into a deep hole. You should: (a) Drop your head forward and move your arms under water dog-paddle style ; (b) Throw up your hand and yell for help ; (c) Sink to the bot- |