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

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

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

A) Daniel dropped his pipe.
B) The cow knocked over a lantern.
C) Mrs. O'Leary dropped a match on the hay.
D) Daniel 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) two days
C) from sunrise to sunset
D) an entire week

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.