Year 2 Diary of a London Child Quiz

1. Which year did the Great Fire of London happen?

2020

1766

1666

2019

2. What did the people use to put out the fire?

3. Why did the fire spread so quickly?

It was very windy.

People didn't want to put the fire out.

The houses were very far apart.

The houses were made of bricks.

4. Where did people put their belongings to they would be safe?

5. Who wrote a diary during the fire to tell people what happened?

Tom Jones

Samuel Pepys

Boris Johnson

Samuel Smith

6. Which landmark did the fire get close to but did not burn?

The Shard

St Paul's Cathedral

The Tower of London

Tower Bridge

7. On which street did the fire start?

Bread Lane

Pudding Road

Crumpet Close

Pudding Lane

8. How many days did the fire burn for?

4

5

3

1

9. Why did so much of London get destroyed?

10. Which famous London landmark was burned down?

The Gherkin

The Tower of London

St Paul's Cathedral

Tower Bridge

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