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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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