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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) Nobody knew that Daniel really started the fire.
B) The fire from Daniel's pipe caught the hay on fire.
C) Mrs. O'Leary's barn burned to the ground.
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) Daniel woke up.
B) Mrs. O'Leary came into the barn and found it for him.
C) The hay caught on fire.
D) He got burned on his finger.

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

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

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

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