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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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