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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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