Vocabulary
Comprehension
Comprehension 2
Grammar
100
What does ambled mean?
walked slowly / strolled
100
What did Daniel Sullivan to when he first discovered the fire?
shouted "Fire!" then rescued the animals from O'Leary's barn
100
How did Sullivan escape the bunring barn of O'Leary?
with the help of a calf
100
Find the subject pronoun: He went to school on Saturday to finish his science project.
He
200
What does hazard mean?
danger
200
The fact that sidewalks and streets being made of wood, why would this be a fire hazard?
Because they are flammable
200
"...warning cry heard thousands of times during the next thirty one hours." What can you tell from this statement? Why does the author write this?
Because there will be a bigger fire (Great fire)
200
Find the subject pronoun: Belle was worried about her father, so she immediately left to find him.
she
300
What does smolder mean?
burn with no flames
300
During the Great Fire, what happened in the poor and middle class district?
Because the houses were built very closely together, the fire spread easily
300
Find the object pronoun: Ariel found him lying on the beach eating a sandwich.
him
400
What does unrelenting mean?
never stopping / continuous
400
Incidents about fire being common in Chicago in the 1800s show that
Fire is an increasing danger to the city
400
The fire caused how much property damage?
$200 billion
400
Find the object pronoun: I decided to do homework with my friends at the library, so I met up with them after school.
them
500
What does alleviate mean?
to lessen the pain
500
What happened 15 minutes after the fire started?
The barn of O'Leary was destroyed / engulfed by the flame
500
Find the object pronoun: The girls told ______ about what they were planning on doing next summer. (ours, us, we)
us
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u