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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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