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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) excited
B) frustrated
C) angry
D) tired

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

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

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

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 silly song
C) a pile or large amount
D) a heavy object

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

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