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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) Daniel smoked inside the barn.
D) People blamed the cow for setting the city on fire.