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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) excited
B) angry
C) frustrated
D) tired

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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