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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.