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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) frustrated
B) angry
C) excited
D) tired

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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