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

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

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

A) The cow knocked over a lantern.
B) Daniel 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 were trying to wake Daniel up.
C) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
D) They tried to warn Daniel that Mrs. O'Leary was coming out to the barn.

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

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

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

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

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

A) interrogative
B) exclamatory
C) imperative
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) Nobody knew that Daniel really started the fire.
D) Fire burned most of the city.

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

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

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

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

A) impossible
B) awful
C) instead
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.