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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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