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

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

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

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

A) They tried to warn Daniel that Mrs. O'Leary was coming out to the barn.
B) They were trying to wake Daniel up.
C) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
D) The cows needed milking.

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

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

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

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) frustrated
C) excited
D) angry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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