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

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

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

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) The cows needed milking.
B) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
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) just a few hours
B) an entire week
C) two days
D) from sunrise to sunset

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) to become a problem
C) a silly song
D) a heavy object

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

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