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

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

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

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

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) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
D) The cows needed milking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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