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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A) the region along the hillside
B) the town square
C) the lake
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) excited
C) tired
D) frustrated

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

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

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

A) Daniel woke up.
B) He got burned on his finger.
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) A fire began to spread throughtout the barn.
C) He led the animals out of the barn.
D) He fell asleep.

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

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

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