When William Lee reached Goll's drugstore _______.

1.   ?    the fire wagons were there putting out the fire
2.   ?    Goll's drugstore was already on fire
3.   ?    Bruno Goll would not give him the key to the alarm box
4.   ?    Bruno Goll was not there

The central alarm office in the Courthouse recorded __________.

1.   ?    no alarms from Goll
2.   ?    two alarms from Goll
3.   ?    one alarm from Goll

Mathias Schaffer, the fire watcher on the Courthouse tower, made the mistake of _________.

1.   ?    falling asleep on the job
2.   ?    not being in the tower during the time of the fire
3.   ?    thinking the new fire was part of the fire from the night before, therefore not reporting it right away

Schaffer's second mistake was _________.

1.   ?    not properly filling the fire wagons with water before sending them out to the fire
2.   ?    only sending out one fire wagon instead of the two that were at the fire house
3.   ?    not correctly hitching the horses to the fire wagon
4.   ?    sending the fire wagons to the wrong location

The fire started on the ____________ side of town.

1.   ?    rich
2.   ?    poor

Most of the citizens of Chicago were _________________ about the Courthouse bell's warning of the fire.

1.   ?    concerned
2.   ?    unconcerned

Why did the firemen NOT respond to Dorsey's alarm?

1.   ?    Firemen had already been sent.
2.   ?    Dorsey forgot to give the special signal.
3.   ?    There were no other firemen on duty.

The fire was so hot that ______.

1.   ?    McConners' axe melted
2.   ?    Anderson's leather hat twisted out of shape
3.   ?    Charley's boots stuck to the boardwalk

______ caused the circle of fire wagon to be ineffective.

1.   ?    Two broken water hoses
2.   ?    Horses running away with the water wagons
3.   ?    Debris keeping the fire wagons from getting into position