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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) rebuild the barn
D) become a fireman

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

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

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

A) impossible
B) confusion
C) awful
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.