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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.