WorksheetsThe Great Fire by Jim Murphy
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the city that the fire occurred in?
a)
St. Louis
b)
Chicago
c)
Detroit
d)
Boston
2.
When did the fire start?
a)
At night in October
b)
During the day in December
c)
In the morning in May
d)
In the evening in April
3.
Whose home did the fire supposedly start at?
a)
The O'Leary's
b)
The McLoughlin's
c)
The Sullivan's
d)
The O'Brian's
4.
Who was the first person to spot the fire?
a)
Dennis O'Leary
b)
Timothy McLoughlin
c)
Daniel Sullivan
d)
Martin O'Keefe
5.
Why was Daniel Sullivan's nickname "Peg Leg"?
a)
He walked with a limp
b)
He had flat feet
c)
His legs were very skinny
d)
He had a wooden leg
6.
What was in the O'Leary's barn where the fire started?
a)
cows, a calf, and a horse
b)
goats and sheep
c)
coal and hay
d)
grain and feed
7.
How did Daniel Sullivan escape from the burning barn?
a)
He crawled out the door
b)
He jumped out of the hayloft
c)
He ran into a calf and held onto it out the door
d)
He found a horse and rode it out
8.
Why did the author say that "Chicago was a city ready to burn"?
a)
Many people smoked and threw their matches down
b)
Many people had wood or coal burning stoves
c)
the city was made almost entirely of wood
d)
they had no fire department
9.
On this particular night, there was one factor that majorly contributed to it being a very dangerous time for fires. What was that factor?
a)
It was very dry
b)
There was a steady wind blowing in from the southwest
c)
There was water shortage
d)
There were too many animals blocking the fire hall entrance
10.
What eventually put the fire out?
a)
The fire department
b)
Men with buckets of water
c)
It finally started to rain
d)
The wind blew it out
11.
During the Great Fire, what section of Chicago was completely destroyed?
a)
The farmland
b)
The suburbs and people's home
c)
The business district
d)
The prairie
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