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Surviving the Great Chicago Fire - Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Alert mean?

a)

Watchful

b)

Destructive

c)

Random

d)

Asleep

2.

If you are an apprentice to an electrician, what are learning?

a)

Learning to thread a sewing machine

b)

Making swords

c)

Learning how to wire houses, businesses, and electronics, etc.

d)

Investigating Crime

3.

What does devastation mean?

a)

Watchful

b)

Destructive

c)

Asleep

d)

Reading

4.

The school work was (a)   , but I finished all of it.

5.

Which of the following are legends? Select ALL that apply

a)

The Hero and the Minotaur

b)

Robin Hood

c)

Josh from Surviving the Great Chicago Fire

d)

Mrs. Watkins

6.

What does PANICKY mean?

a)

Fearless

b)

Out of control with fear

c)

Flawless

7.

The fire was (a)   ; it was so hot and spread like crazy.

8.

Which is better?

a)

Graphic Novels

b)

Nonfiction

c)

Historical Fiction

d)

Narratives

e)

All of the above, I just love reading!!

9.

What has been reconstructed after a devastation?

a)

Chicago

b)

Pentagon

c)

San Francisco after the 1989 Earthquake

d)

Idaho

10.

What does smoldering mean?

a)

Embers on fire in a firepit

b)

Burning, with smoke and no flame

c)

Blazing fire

d)

Hot water

11.

When wood splinters, it:

a)

is smooth all the way around

b)

watches TV

c)

puts splinters in your hand

d)

breaks apart

12.

How do you like this quiz?

a)

Meh

b)

It's okay

c)

Like it

d)

Love the interaction on this site

e)

Doesn't matter to me

13.

Use stomped in a sentence.

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14.

In Surviving the Great Chicago Fire, who survived? Select ALL that apply.

a)

The Waterson's

b)

The town;s people that made it to Lake Michigan

c)

No one

15.

What is timber?

a)

Metal

b)

Gas

c)

Coffee

d)

Wood

16.

The soldiers used the (a)   to see the enemies coming from afar.