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

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

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

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

A) The cows needed milking.
B) They were trying to wake Daniel up.
C) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
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) two days
D) an entire week

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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