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

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

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

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

A) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
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) The cows needed milking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) throw away his pipe
B) become a fireman
C) rebuild the barn
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) A fire began to spread throughtout the barn.
B) He fed his mother's cow.
C) He led the animals out of the barn.
D) He fell asleep.

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

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

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