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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. How much of San Francisco’s population was left homeless after the fire?

a. almost 410,000
b. 500
c. 80%
d. almost 300,000

2. Which of the following events happened first?
a. Several fires merged into one giant inferno.
b. A powerful earthquake struck San Francisco.

c. Fires appeared in many different parts of San Francisco.
d. The city’s water mains broke.

3. What was a cause of some of the fires that broke out?

a. arson
b. broken gas mains
c. campfires

d. all of the above

4. Compared to the earthquake the fires that occurred afterward were
a. just as destructive

b. less destructive
c. more destructive
d. beneficial

5. Predict what would have happened if San Francisco had had better

building standards in 1906.
a. The fire would have caused significantly more damage.
b. Fewer buildings would have been destroyed by the earthquake.
c. There would have been more instances of arson after the earthquake.

d. More buildings would have been destroyed by the earthquake.

6. In the passage the word impression means
a. a strong effect

b. a mark or indentation produced by pressure
c. a sensation
d. a humorous imitation of a famous person

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