Journeys Grade 6 Lesson 11 Comprehension Test

After he saw the first flames, Daniel Sullivan

• ran into the barn and yelled "Fire!"

• called Dennis Rogan to come help him.

• yelled "Fire!" and tried to wake up the O'Learys.

• yelled "Fire!" and then tried to free the O'Learys' animals.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

How was the town's decision to build wooden sidewalks and pine-block streets several feet above the muddy earth a fire hazard?

• The wooden sidewalks and streets often fell over.

• The wooden sidewalks and streets often exploded.

• The wooden sidewalks and streets were highly flammable.

• The wooden sidewalks and streets were poorly built and difficult to walk on.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The author writes that the cries of "Fire!" would be a warning cry heard thousands of times during the next thirty-one hours. You can infer from this statement that the fire in the O'Leary's barn would

• cause a much larger fire that would affect many people throughout the city.

• burn out quickly and cause damage only to the O'Leary's property.

• result in thousands of firefighters rushing to the O'Leary's barn.

• cause a lot of smaller fires elsewhere on the property.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The author explains that most buildings in Chicago in 1871 were made of wood. How does this detail support the idea that Chicago was a city ready to burn?

• Chicago grew quickly.

• Bricks are fire-resistant.

• Wood burns very easily.

• Wood is a popular building material.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

The statistics about fires in Chicago show that

• firefighters were becoming better at their work.

• the danger of fire did not stop the city's growth.

• few Chicagoans had actually experienced fires.

• fires were becoming an increasing danger to the city.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Why are the crowded conditions of Chicago's middle-class and poorer districts at the time important to understanding the Great Fire?

• Fewer firehouses were built in those districts.

• People were easily trapped in their houses in these areas.

• Firefighting equipment could not get through the narrow streets.

• Fire quickly spread from one house to the next in these densely populated sections.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

The author describes the fire in another barn as flaring up into a thousand yellow-orange fingers. What two things are being compared in the description above?

• flames and barn doors

• colors and numbers

• flames and fingers

• hands and fingers

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which words in the following sentence show the sequence of events? At about this time William Lee, who lived down the block from the O'Learys, went into his seventeen-month-old son's room to see why the child was crying.

• "At about this time"

• "who lived down the block"

• "his seventeen-month-old son's room"

• "why the child was crying"

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

What finally happened fifteen minutes after the fire started?

• The O'Learys' barn collapsed.

• The first fire alarm was turned in.

• Bruno Goll's drugstore caught fire.

• People came out of their homes with buckets of water.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3