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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) Fire burned most of the city.
D) Mrs. O'Leary's barn burned to the ground.

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

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

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 heavy object
C) a pile or large amount
D) a silly song

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

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