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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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