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

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

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

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

A) They were trying to wake Daniel up.
B) The cows needed milking.
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) two days
B) from sunrise to sunset
C) just a few hours
D) an entire week

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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