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RDR#6 - Mrs. O'Leary's Cow Speaks Up
Contribució de: Ray
(Autor original: Rogers)
  • 1. Who is telling this story?
A) Chicago firefighters
B) Mrs. O'Leary's cow
C) Mrs. O'Leary
D) Daniel Sullivan
  • 2. Which of the following is the genre of this story?
A) nonfiction
B) fantasy
C) fable
D) science fiction
  • 3. Why did Daniel Sullivan go to the barn?
A) He went to get a lantern.
B) He went to get hay for his cattle.
C) Daniel lived in the hay loft in the barn.
D) He went to feed his mother's cow.
  • 4. According to the story, what caused the Great Chicago Fire?
A) The cow knocked over a lantern.
B) Daniel knocked over a lantern.
C) Mrs. O'Leary dropped a match on the hay.
D) Daniel dropped his pipe.
  • 5. Why did the animals begin making noises?
A) They tried to warn Daniel that Mrs. O'Leary was coming out to the barn.
B) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
C) The cows needed milking.
D) They were trying to wake Daniel up.
  • 6. How long did the fire last?
A) just a few hours
B) from sunrise to sunset
C) two days
D) an entire week
  • 7. Which of the following was NOT one of the places mentioned that burned within the city?
A) shops
B) houses
C) churches
D) business buildings
  • 8. Where did some of the people go to try to get away from the flames?
A) the town square
B) the grassy meadow
C) the region along the hillside
D) the lake
  • 9. What caused the fire to finally stop?
A) A gentle rain began to fall.
B) The wind blew it out.
C) People began to put out the fire with blankets.
D) The horses trampled the fire with their hooves.
  • 10. What does the word "exhausted" mean in this sentence? The exhausted firemen needed to rest in order to keep fighting the fire.
A) tired
B) excited
C) angry
D) frustrated
  • 11. What type of sentence is the very last sentence in this passage?
A) declarative
B) exclamatory
C) imperative
D) interrogative
  • 12. What is the BEST choice for the main idea of the fourth paragraph?
A) Mrs. O'Leary's barn burned to the ground.
B) Nobody knew that Daniel really started the fire.
C) Fire burned most of the city.
D) The fire from Daniel's pipe caught the hay on fire.
  • 13. What does the cow hope that Daniel will do?
A) throw away his pipe
B) become a fireman
C) rebuild the barn
D) reward the firemen
  • 14. What happened right after Daniel dropped his pipe?
A) He got burned on his finger.
B) Daniel woke up.
C) Mrs. O'Leary came into the barn and found it for him.
D) The hay caught on fire.
  • 15. What happened right before Daniel dropped his pipe?
A) He fell asleep.
B) He led the animals out of the barn.
C) A fire began to spread throughtout the barn.
D) He fed his mother's cow.
  • 16. What does the word "heap" mean in paragaph 5?
A) a silly song
B) to become a problem
C) a pile or large amount
D) a heavy object
  • 17. Which one of the following words has a prefix?
A) awful
B) impossible
C) instead
D) confusion
  • 18. What part of this story could NOT have really happened?
A) People blamed the cow for setting the city on fire.
B) Half a city burned down.
C) Daniel smoked inside the barn.
D) Mrs. O'Leary's cow explained how the fire started.
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