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

A) fable
B) science fiction
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) Daniel dropped his pipe.
D) The cow knocked over a lantern.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) confusion
B) awful
C) impossible
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.