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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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