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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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