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

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

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

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 were hungry and wanted to be fed.
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) two days
D) from sunrise to sunset

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

A) the town square
B) the region along the hillside
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 wind blew it out.
D) The horses trampled the fire with their hooves.

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

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

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) rebuild the barn
C) reward the firemen
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) Daniel woke up.
D) He got burned on his finger.

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

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

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

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