The Great Fire by Jim Murphy

What is the name of the city that the fire occurred in?

• St. Louis
• Chicago
• Detroit
• Boston

When did the fire start? 

• At night in October
• During the day in December
• In the morning in May
• In the evening in April

Whose home did the fire supposedly start at?

• The O'Leary's 
• The McLoughlin's
• The Sullivan's 
• The O'Brian's

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CCSS.RI.5.7

Who was the first person to spot the fire?

• Dennis O'Leary
• Timothy McLoughlin
• Daniel Sullivan
• Martin O'Keefe

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Why was Daniel Sullivan's nickname "Peg Leg"? 

• He walked with a limp
• He had flat feet
• His legs were very skinny
• He had a wooden leg

What was in the O'Leary's barn where the fire started?

• cows, a calf, and a horse
• goats and sheep
• coal and hay
• grain and feed

How did Daniel Sullivan escape from the burning barn?

• He crawled out the door
• He jumped out of the hayloft
• He ran into a calf and held onto it out the door
• He found a horse and rode it out

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Why did the author say that "Chicago was a city ready to burn"?

• Many people smoked and threw their matches down
• Many people had wood or coal burning stoves
• the city was made almost entirely of wood
• they had no fire department

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CCSS.RI.5.8

On this particular night, there was one factor that majorly contributed to it being a very dangerous time for fires.  What was that factor?

• It was very dry
• There was a steady wind blowing in from the southwest
• There was water shortage 
• There were too many animals blocking the fire hall entrance

What eventually put the fire out?

• The fire department
• Men with buckets of water
• It finally started to rain
• The wind blew it out