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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) awful
B) instead
C) impossible
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.