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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) frustrated
C) tired
D) excited

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

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

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

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

A) He fell asleep.
B) He fed his mother's cow.
C) A fire began to spread throughtout the barn.
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) confusion
B) impossible
C) awful
D) instead

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