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

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

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

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) The cows needed milking.
B) They were trying to wake Daniel up.
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) from sunrise to sunset
B) an entire week
C) just a few hours
D) two days

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

A) the town square
B) the grassy meadow
C) the region along the hillside
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) tired
B) frustrated
C) excited
D) angry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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