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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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