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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.