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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) frustrated
B) excited
C) tired
D) angry

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

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

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

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

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 heavy object
D) a silly song

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

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