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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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