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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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