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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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