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

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

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

A) The cow knocked over a lantern.
B) Daniel knocked over a lantern.
C) Daniel dropped his pipe.
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 were trying to wake Daniel up.
D) They tried to warn Daniel that Mrs. O'Leary was coming out to the barn.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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