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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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