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

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

A) He went to feed his mother's cow.
B) He went to get a lantern.
C) He went to get hay for his cattle.
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 trying to wake Daniel up.
B) The cows needed milking.
C) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
D) They tried to warn Daniel that Mrs. O'Leary was coming out to the barn.

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

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

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

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) angry
B) frustrated
C) tired
D) excited

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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