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Reading Review #6
Contributed by: Rogers
  • 1. Who is telling this story?
A) Daniel Sullivan
B) Chicago firefighters
C) Mrs. O'Leary's cow
D) Mrs. O'Leary
  • 2. Which of the following is the genre of this story?
A) science fiction
B) fable
C) fantasy
D) realistic fiction
  • 3. Why did Daniel Sullivan go to the barn?
A) He went to feed his mother's cow.
B) He went to get hay for his cattle.
C) He went to get a lantern.
D) Daniel lived in the hay loft in the barn.
  • 4. According to the story, what caused the Great Chicago Fire?
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.
  • 5. Why did the animals begin making noises?
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.
  • 6. How long did the fire last?
A) from sunrise to sunset
B) an entire week
C) just a few hours
D) two days
  • 7. Which of the following was NOT one of the places mentioned that burned within the city?
A) churches
B) shops
C) houses
D) business buildings
  • 8. Where did some of the people go to try to get away from the flames?
A) the grassy meadow
B) the region along the hillside
C) the town square
D) the lake
  • 9. What caused the fire to finally stop?
A) The horses trampled the fire with their hooves.
B) A gentle rain began to fall.
C) The wind blew it out.
D) People began to put out the fire with blankets.
  • 10. What does the word "exhausted" mean in this sentence? The exhausted firemen needed to rest in order to keep fighting the fire.
A) excited
B) angry
C) tired
D) frustrated
  • 11. What type of sentence is the very last sentence in this passage?
A) exclamatory
B) declarative
C) imperative
D) interrogative
  • 12. What is the BEST choice for the main idea of the fourth paragrapn?
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.
  • 13. What does the cow hope that Daniel will do?
A) throw away his pipe
B) reward the firemen
C) rebuild the barn
D) become a fireman
  • 14. What happened right after Daniel dropped his pipe?
A) He got burned on his finger.
B) The hay caught on fire.
C) Daniel woke up.
D) Mrs. O'Leary came into the barn and found it for him.
  • 15. What happened right before Daniel dropped his pipe?
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.
  • 16. What does the word "heap" mean in paragaph 5?
A) a heavy object
B) a silly song
C) to become a problem
D) a pile or large amount
  • 17. Which one of the following words has a prefix?
A) awful
B) instead
C) confusion
D) impossible
  • 18. What part of this story could NOT have really happened?
A) Daniel smoked inside the barn.
B) Mrs. O'Leary's cow explained how the fire started.
C) Half a city burned down.
D) People blamed the cow for setting the city on fire.
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