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

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

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) Daniel knocked over a lantern.
D) Mrs. O'Leary dropped a match on the hay.

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

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

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

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) tired
B) frustrated
C) excited
D) angry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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