37 points 5 questions and i will mark you

1.) which excerpt from the great fire supports the theme that people sometimes disregard others in chaotic situations?

a.) others weren't so lucky. in the rush and panic, a number of people either lost their footing or were accidentally pushed from the sidewalk and into the busy street.
b.) frantic animals — stray horses and cows, dogs and cats, and even rats — ran wild, causing increasingly more confusion.
c.)an exhausted chamberlin came to the randolph street bridge and discovered “a torrent of humanity pouring over the bridge.”
d.) it did come under my notice that some cartmen worked for whatever the sufferers felt able to pay. .

claire and her father hurried off to join the rest of their family. claire did not write about this second reunion or of the deep emotions she felt. but as she passed through the blackened landscape and came closer and closer to them, she must have felt much the way another fire victim, mrs. charles forsberg, did: "when we lay down, away from the crowd, and i knew i had my [family] safe, i felt so rich — i have never in my life felt so rich! "

2.) which statement best reflects the theme of this excerpt?

a.) people enjoy sharing information about emotional events.
b.) chaotic situations force people to forget about their loved ones.
c.) people move so quickly that they miss what is going on around them.
d.)loved ones are more valuable than material possessions.

3.)which excerpt from the great fire supports the theme that nature is a powerful force that can be extremely destructive?

a.) “at its fiercest, such a whirlwind could rip a roof off a house and pick up the building's contents.”
b.)“the stronger winds, the ones people remembered the best, were probably caused by rising convective heat.”
c.)“chamberlin was too tired to fight his way across just then, so he crawled up onto one of the bridge's arched railings.”
d.) “claire innes, joseph chamberlin . . had . . seen mass panic, crime, and acts of violence.”

4.)which excerpt from the great fire reflects the theme that rebuilding is possible after a disaster if people join together?

a.) an exhausted chamberlin came to the randolph street bridge and discovered “a torrent of humanity pouring over the bridge.”
b.) a few were rushing to get out a special edition about the fire, while the rest were on the roof hosing it down with water.
c.) “he had taken a dray, but was unable to load all of his goods into the vehicle, so he employed half a dozen boys, gave each of them a coffin, took a large one himself, and headed the weird procession…”
d.) “it [was] common to see ten or a dozen or fifty houses rising at once; but when one looks upon, not a dozen or fifty, but upon ten thousand houses rising and ten times that number of busy workmen coming and going …”

5.)which excerpt from the great fire best supports the theme that there was a sense of hope that the city would rebuild after the fire?

a.) “but as she passed through the blackened landscape and came closer and closer to them, she must have felt much the way another fire victim, mrs. charles forsberg, did: ‘when we lay down, away from the crowd, and i knew i had my [family] safe, i felt so rich — i have never in my life felt so rich! ’”
b.) “alfred sewell ended his discussion of chicago with a stirring prediction: ‘the city will nevertheless rise again, nay, is already rising, like the phoenix, from her ashes. and she will, we believe, be a better city as well as a greater one, than she was before her disaster.’”
c.) “the demand for carpenters and bricklayers soared, and farmers from as far away as 150 miles came to get jobs. salaries also rose, with unskilled laborers commanding two dollars a day.”
d.) “it continued driving the fire through the heart of chicago, devouring churches, banks, publishing houses and printers, breweries, grain elevators, lumberyards, and department stores as if they were constructed of brittle hay. buildings that citizens viewed with great pride, such as the courthouse, were gobbled up.”