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

A) fable
B) fantasy
C) nonfiction
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) Mrs. O'Leary dropped a match on the hay.
D) Daniel dropped his pipe.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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