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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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