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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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