Question

Which excerpt from The Great Fire reflects the theme that rebuilding is possible after a disaster if people join together?

An exhausted Chamberlin came to the Randolph Street Bridge and discovered "a torrent of humanity pouring over
the bridge.
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.
"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…
"It [was] common to see ten or a dozen or fifty nouses 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

Answer 1

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.

Step-by-step explanation:

Following the fire, Chicagoans started working to restore the city with help from neighboring states. Tents were set up by the U.S. Army for the homeless in the aftermath of the destruction.