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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.