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

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

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

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

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) The cows needed milking.
D) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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