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

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

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

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

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

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

A) The wind blew it out.
B) The horses trampled the fire with their hooves.
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) declarative
B) interrogative
C) exclamatory
D) imperative

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

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

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

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

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

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

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