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

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) He went to feed his mother's cow.
D) Daniel lived in the hay loft in the barn.

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

A) The cows needed milking.
B) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
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) an entire week
C) from sunrise to sunset
D) just a few hours

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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