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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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