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In 1666, why were storerooms in London filled with flammable goods such as oil and tallow?

• To make shoe cleaner

• To make soap and candles

• To make wrappers for food

• Because Londoners had no where else to put it

What were Londoners more worried about rather than fires?

• Yellow fever

• Corona Virus

• Measles

• The plague

In the sentence, "The fire was presumed to have started in the King's bakery on Pudding Street." What does presumed mean?

• certain

• positive

• believed

• guessed

How did the fire spread to surrounding streets so quickly?

• Because there was oil/tallow in the storerooms

• From the strong winds

• From the air being so dry

• Because all of the buildings were made of wood

Why didn't the people of London call the fire department?

• The fire department burned down

• They were boycotting the fire department

• The fire fighters fled the city to save themselves

• There was no fire department in 1666

Why is it beneficial that writer, John Evelyn, wrote in his diary about the fire?

• So we could learn about the experience from a first hand source

• So we can read about it

• So they could put it in a story

• So we could prove who started the fire

How did the fire stop spreading?

• People extinguished the fire with water

• The people created fire breaks

• The fire hit a brick wall and the wind changed directions

• There was a rain storm

What happened to the watchmaker who claimed to have started the fire?

• He went to jail

• He was fined

• He was hung

• He had to make a public apology

When the city started to rebuild, what did people construct the buildings out of rather than wood?

• Metal

• Stone

• Brick

• Tile

What was a benefit of the fire?

• It forced them to rebuild their run-down buildings

• It influenced them to create a fire department

• It killed the rats that carried the plague

• There were no benefits