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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.