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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.