The Great Fire - Chapter 6 - The Ghost of Chicago

The burnt district was _______________________.
1. 2 miles by 2 miles
2. 1 mile long by 3 blocks wide
3. 17 blocks by 3 blocks
4. 4 miles long by 1 mile wide
One of the greatest needs of the survivors was __________.
1. blankets
2. water
3. clothes
4. food
A week after the fire the water was back on for about a third of the city, but __________.
1. many became sick from drinking it
2. mud was in the pipes
3. the water was black
______________ people were now homeless.
1. 100,000
2. 1,000
3. 10,000
General Sheridan volunteered his troops and _________________.
1. horses for moving the debris
2. 50,000 army tents
3. fuel for cleaning the city
Places as far away as ___________ sent money and needed provisions to Chicago.
1. Europe
2. California
3. the Deep South
4. Texas
Officials estimated that _________ people died in the flames
1. 3000
2. 30
3. 300
4. 30,000
The relief society gave ______________ to anyone who applied.
1. fire relics to sell
2. a wagon and horse
3. enough wood to build a single-room structure
Alfred Sewell compared Chicago to ________________.
1. Sherman's march through the South
2. the Phoenix rising from the ashes
3. the falling of Jerusalem
Claire had trouble finding her family because _____________.
1. she was waiting in the wrong place
2. she didn't recognize them in their blackened clothes
3. her family was unable to get back to their home due to the debris in the streets