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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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