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

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

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

A) Daniel dropped his pipe.
B) Mrs. O'Leary dropped a match on the hay.
C) Daniel knocked over a lantern.
D) The cow 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) from sunrise to sunset
B) just a few hours
C) two days
D) an entire week

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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