Which quotation from the great fire best reflects the central idea that the fire might have been extinguished sooner, if not for several different issues? a “chicago had recently renovated its fire alarm system, making it one of the best in the nation.” b “later at the official inquiry, all of the mistakes and missed chances that occurred in the opening minutes of the fire would be discussed.” c “like thousands of other people, he was on his way to de koven street to watch the fire.” d“it must sweep on until it reached a broad street, and then, everybody said, it would burn itself out."

B “Later at the official inquiry, all of the mistakes and missed chances that occurred in the opening minutes of the fire would be discussed.”

B “Later at the official inquiry, all of the mistakes and missed chances that occurred in the opening minutes of the fire would be discussed.”

Explanation:

In "The Great Fire," the author Jim Murphy depicts some of the key mistakes that prevented the 1871 Chicago fire from being extinguished sooner. For example, a fireman who forgot to pull down the lever of the signal box four times, which would have made it a true second alarm.

the examples that saki used to represent satire through situational irony are options two (2) and five (5) inasmuch as the wolf thought that looking for a girl in the bushes could be as easy as hunting little pigs at the park, but it took him so much time to find the girl if it had not been not for a silly mistake. also, bertha would have survived to the wolf's hunt if she had not won those medals for goodness, which at the end they were what got her killed by making noise, so winning medals of goodness was not so good achievement, after all.