A) Mrs. O'Leary
B) Daniel Sullivan
C) Chicago firefighters
D) Mrs. O'Leary's cow

A) fantasy
B) science fiction
C) fable
D) nonfiction

A) He went to get hay for his cattle.
B) He went to get a lantern.
C) He went to feed his mother's cow.
D) Daniel lived in the hay loft in the barn.

A) Mrs. O'Leary dropped a match on the hay.
B) Daniel knocked over a lantern.
C) Daniel dropped his pipe.
D) The cow knocked over a lantern.

A) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
B) The cows needed milking.
C) They tried to warn Daniel that Mrs. O'Leary was coming out to the barn.
D) They were trying to wake Daniel up.

A) just a few hours
B) from sunrise to sunset
C) an entire week
D) two days

A) shops
B) houses
C) churches
D) business buildings

A) the lake
B) the grassy meadow
C) the town square
D) the region along the hillside

A) The wind blew it out.
B) The horses trampled the fire with their hooves.
C) A gentle rain began to fall.
D) People began to put out the fire with blankets.

A) excited
B) frustrated
C) tired
D) angry

A) declarative
B) interrogative
C) imperative
D) exclamatory

A) The fire from Daniel's pipe caught the hay on fire.
B) Nobody knew that Daniel really started the fire.
C) Mrs. O'Leary's barn burned to the ground.
D) Fire burned most of the city.

A) reward the firemen
B) rebuild the barn
C) become a fireman
D) throw away his pipe

A) He got burned on his finger.
B) Mrs. O'Leary came into the barn and found it for him.
C) Daniel woke up.
D) The hay caught on fire.

A) A fire began to spread throughtout the barn.
B) He fed his mother's cow.
C) He led the animals out of the barn.
D) He fell asleep.

A) to become a problem
B) a heavy object
C) a silly song
D) a pile or large amount

A) instead
B) awful
C) impossible
D) confusion

A) Mrs. O'Leary's cow explained how the fire started.
B) Half a city burned down.
C) People blamed the cow for setting the city on fire.
D) Daniel smoked inside the barn.