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

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

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

A) The cow knocked over a lantern.
B) Mrs. O'Leary dropped a match on the hay.
C) Daniel dropped his pipe.
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) The cows needed milking.
D) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.

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

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

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

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) frustrated
B) excited
C) angry
D) tired

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

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

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

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

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

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

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