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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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