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

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

A) He went to get hay for his cattle.
B) He went to get a lantern.
C) He went to feed his mother's cow.
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) Daniel dropped his pipe.
D) The cow knocked over a lantern.

A) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
B) The cows needed milking.
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) just a few hours
B) from sunrise to sunset
C) an entire week
D) two days

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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