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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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