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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) excited
B) tired
C) frustrated
D) angry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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