Characters
This is the name of the main character in the story.
Who is Oscar?
The exrtreme weather event that hit Oscar's family home in Minnesota.
What is a killer blizzard?
This is Oscar's first introduction to Jennie.
What is she lies to him and asks him to help her find her parents so that a gang can steal his suitcase?
This is the date of the Great Chicago Fire. (month, day, year)
What is October 8, 1871?
CRASH! BANG! CRACKLE! POP! BOOM!
What is onomatopoeia?
This is the name of Jennie's little brother.
Who is Bruno?
This is how Papa died.
What is he crashed his wagon into a tree during the blizzard?
This is why Oscar tells Jennie they need to get to The Palmer House.
What is that it is fireproof and they will be safe there? Also, Mama and Mr. Morrow are there and they will protect them.
This is where the Great Chicago Fire started.
What is Mrs. O'Leary's barn?
"With every gust of wind, the flames rose higher, twisting and dancing in the sky as though teasing the firefighters."
What is personification?
This is the name of the artist that Mama marries.
Who is Mr. Morrow?
This is what saved Papa when he was shot.
What is his Sheriff's badge was in his pocket and the bullet hit the badge instead of Papa?
This is what happens when Oscar, Jennie and Bruno meet Otis and his gang in the alley.
What is Otis smacks Oscar with his fist and knocks him out and then takes Jennie and Bruno?
This is why Chicago was so dry and why so many fires had been occurring.
What is that the city was bone dry because it hadn't rained in months?
One nickname for Chicago.
What is the Queen of the West?
This is the name of the outlaw that shot Papa.
Who is Earless Max Kildair?
This is how Oscar's hometown of Castle were able to fight a fire since they didn't have a fire department.
What is a bucket brigade?
This is who Oscar rescues from a burning building, only to find himself trapped in it himself.
Who are Jennie and Bruno?
This is how smaller fires became bigger fires.
What is they banded together to make one big fire?
When people form a line from water to something burning, working together, using buckets to put out the fire.
What is a bucket brigade?
This is the 14 year old leader of the gang who uses orphans in order to rob and loot.
Who is Otis Webber?
This is the whispered promise that Oscar made to Papa.
What is "to watch over the farm, to work as hard as he could to keep it going."?
This is what Jennie tells Otis Webber that makes him angry.
What is that she is quitting the gang?
Three reasons why Chicago's fire was able to spread, get stronger and cause more damage.
What is the sidewalks were made out of wood, the wind was blowing fiercely, and the warehouses were filled with coal and oil?
This is the author of the I Survived books.
Who is Lauren Tarshis?