The Great Fire By Jim Murphy
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Quiz from the book The Great Fire by Jim Murphy.
- 1.The fire started where?
- A.
At the Tribune building
- B.
At Goll's Drug Store
- C.
At the barn of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary
- D.
At St. Paul's Church
- E.
On the prarie
- 2.Where did another devastating fire begin on that same day?
- A.
PIttsburgh, Pennsylvania
- B.
Topeka, Kansas
- C.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- D.
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
- E.
Springfield, Illinois
- 3.What were some of the groups blamed for the spread of the "great conflagration"?
- A.
Firefighters, poor, immigrants
- B.
Mayor, builders, business owners
- C.
Governor, police, wealthy homeowners
- D.
County supervisors, city workers, park officials
- 4.How many people were left homeless in Chicago?
- A.
Nearly 10,000
- B.
About 50,000
- C.
Nearly 100,000
- D.
Over 500,000
- E.
1,000,000
- 5.Who first discovered the fire?
- A.
Dennis Rogan
- B.
Thomas White
- C.
Catherine O'Leary
- D.
Patrick O'Leary
- E.
Daniel "Peg Leg" Sullivan
- 6.Who used explosives to create a firebreak?
- A.
Bruno Goll
- B.
Joseph Chamberlin
- C.
James Hildreth
- D.
Alexander Frear
- E.
William Lee
- 7.What was the weakness of "fireproof" buildings?
- A.
Wrought iron I beams
- B.
Brick wall partitions
- C.
Corrugated iron ceilings
- D.
Tar saturated wood on the roofs
- E.
Granite block exterior
- 8.How did some people make money after the fire?
- A.
They took pictures of people after the fire.
- B.
They sold water after the fire.
- C.
They located loved ones after the fire.
- D.
They made crafts after the fire.
- E.
They sold souvenirs from the fire.
- 9.How was the debris from the fire dealt with?
- A.
It was dumped into Lake Michigan.
- B.
It was sent to the city dump in the south.
- C.
It was hauled away to the country.
- D.
It was burned in the center of the city.
- E.
It was sent to a recycling center.
- 10.Officials estimated that __ people died in the fire.
- A.
30
- B.
300
- C.
3,000
- D.
30,000
- 11.What were some of the things that contributed to the early spread of the fire?
- A.
Mathias Schaffer thought the new fire was part of the fire from the night before.
- B.
Bruno Goll would not give the key to the alarm box.
- C.
Firefighters were exhausted from fighting a fire the previous night.
- D.
The wrong fire box signal was sent.
- E.
All of the above
- 12.Who was a twelve year old who was separated from their family during the fire? They later found their father at the remains of their home.
- A.
Horace White
- B.
Julie Lemos
- C.
Claire Innes
- D.
Robert Mason
- E.
Catherine O'Leary
- 13.The miracle that ended the fire was ___.
- A.
The lightning stopped.
- B.
The wind changed direction.
- C.
The wind died down.
- D.
It began to rain.
- E.
The waterworks began working again.
- 14.In July 1874 the city of Chicago outlawed ___.
- A.
Barns in the city
- B.
Buildings of three or more stories
- C.
Decorative wood on buildings
- D.
Wooden sidewalks
- 15.The Chicago School evolved after the fire. What was it referring to?
- A.
Water treatment
- B.
Fire fighting methods
- C.
Architecture
- D.
New education practices
- 16.After the fire, William Kerfoot painted a sign that said ___ on his quickly built real estate office.
- A.
Water here--smokey, but good.
- B.
Fire relics for sale.
- C.
Chicago lives on.
- D.
Buy your house here.
- E.
All gone but wife, children, and energy.
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