RDR#6 - Mrs. O'Leary's Cow Speaks Up
  • 1. Who is telling this story?
A) Mrs. O'Leary's cow
B) Daniel Sullivan
C) Mrs. O'Leary
D) Chicago firefighters
  • 2. Which of the following is the genre of this story?
A) fantasy
B) science fiction
C) fable
D) nonfiction
  • 3. Why did Daniel Sullivan go to the barn?
A) He went to feed his mother's cow.
B) Daniel lived in the hay loft in the barn.
C) He went to get hay for his cattle.
D) He went to get a lantern.
  • 4. According to the story, what caused the Great Chicago Fire?
A) Daniel knocked over a lantern.
B) Daniel dropped his pipe.
C) The cow knocked over a lantern.
D) Mrs. O'Leary dropped a match on the hay.
  • 5. Why did the animals begin making noises?
A) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
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) The cows needed milking.
  • 6. How long did the fire last?
A) two days
B) from sunrise to sunset
C) just a few hours
D) an entire week
  • 7. Which of the following was NOT one of the places mentioned that burned within the city?
A) shops
B) business buildings
C) churches
D) houses
  • 8. Where did some of the people go to try to get away from the flames?
A) the grassy meadow
B) the region along the hillside
C) the lake
D) the town square
  • 9. What caused the fire to finally stop?
A) The horses trampled the fire with their hooves.
B) People began to put out the fire with blankets.
C) A gentle rain began to fall.
D) The wind blew it out.
  • 10. What does the word "exhausted" mean in this sentence? The exhausted firemen needed to rest in order to keep fighting the fire.
A) tired
B) angry
C) frustrated
D) excited
  • 11. What type of sentence is the very last sentence in this passage?
A) declarative
B) interrogative
C) imperative
D) exclamatory
  • 12. What is the BEST choice for the main idea of the fourth paragraph?
A) Mrs. O'Leary's barn burned to the ground.
B) Fire burned most of the city.
C) Nobody knew that Daniel really started the fire.
D) The fire from Daniel's pipe caught the hay on fire.
  • 13. What does the cow hope that Daniel will do?
A) rebuild the barn
B) become a fireman
C) throw away his pipe
D) reward the firemen
  • 14. What happened right after Daniel dropped his pipe?
A) The hay caught on fire.
B) Daniel woke up.
C) Mrs. O'Leary came into the barn and found it for him.
D) He got burned on his finger.
  • 15. What happened right before Daniel dropped his pipe?
A) He fed his mother's cow.
B) He led the animals out of the barn.
C) A fire began to spread throughtout the barn.
D) He fell asleep.
  • 16. What does the word "heap" mean in paragaph 5?
A) a silly song
B) to become a problem
C) a heavy object
D) a pile or large amount
  • 17. Which one of the following words has a prefix?
A) impossible
B) confusion
C) awful
D) instead
  • 18. What part of this story could NOT have really happened?
A) Daniel smoked inside the barn.
B) Half a city burned down.
C) Mrs. O'Leary's cow explained how the fire started.
D) People blamed the cow for setting the city on fire.
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