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

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

A) He went to get a lantern.
B) Daniel lived in the hay loft in the barn.
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) 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 tried to warn Daniel that Mrs. O'Leary was coming out to the barn.
C) They were trying to wake Daniel up.
D) The cows needed milking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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