RDR#6 - Mrs. O'Leary's Cow Speaks Up
  • 1. Who is telling this story?
A) Mrs. O'Leary's cow
B) Daniel Sullivan
C) Chicago firefighters
D) Mrs. O'Leary
  • 2. Which of the following is the genre of this story?
A) fable
B) nonfiction
C) science fiction
D) fantasy
  • 3. Why did Daniel Sullivan go to the barn?
A) He went to get hay for his cattle.
B) He went to get a lantern.
C) Daniel lived in the hay loft in the barn.
D) He went to feed his mother's cow.
  • 4. According to the story, what caused the Great Chicago Fire?
A) Mrs. O'Leary dropped a match on the hay.
B) Daniel knocked over a lantern.
C) Daniel dropped his pipe.
D) The cow knocked over a lantern.
  • 5. Why did the animals begin making noises?
A) The cows needed milking.
B) They tried to warn Daniel that Mrs. O'Leary was coming out to the barn.
C) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
D) They were trying to wake Daniel up.
  • 6. How long did the fire last?
A) two days
B) an entire week
C) just a few hours
D) from sunrise to sunset
  • 7. Which of the following was NOT one of the places mentioned that burned within the city?
A) shops
B) houses
C) business buildings
D) churches
  • 8. Where did some of the people go to try to get away from the flames?
A) the grassy meadow
B) the lake
C) the town square
D) the region along the hillside
  • 9. What caused the fire to finally stop?
A) People began to put out the fire with blankets.
B) The wind blew it out.
C) A gentle rain began to fall.
D) The horses trampled the fire with their hooves.
  • 10. What does the word "exhausted" mean in this sentence? The exhausted firemen needed to rest in order to keep fighting the fire.
A) tired
B) excited
C) frustrated
D) angry
  • 11. What type of sentence is the very last sentence in this passage?
A) declarative
B) interrogative
C) exclamatory
D) imperative
  • 12. What is the BEST choice for the main idea of the fourth paragraph?
A) The fire from Daniel's pipe caught the hay on fire.
B) Fire burned most of the city.
C) Nobody knew that Daniel really started the fire.
D) Mrs. O'Leary's barn burned to the ground.
  • 13. What does the cow hope that Daniel will do?
A) become a fireman
B) reward the firemen
C) throw away his pipe
D) rebuild the barn
  • 14. What happened right after Daniel dropped his pipe?
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.
  • 15. What happened right before Daniel dropped his pipe?
A) He led the animals out of the barn.
B) He fell asleep.
C) A fire began to spread throughtout the barn.
D) He fed his mother's cow.
  • 16. What does the word "heap" mean in paragaph 5?
A) a pile or large amount
B) to become a problem
C) a silly song
D) a heavy object
  • 17. Which one of the following words has a prefix?
A) confusion
B) instead
C) awful
D) impossible
  • 18. What part of this story could NOT have really happened?
A) Mrs. O'Leary's cow explained how the fire started.
B) Daniel smoked inside the barn.
C) Half a city burned down.
D) People blamed the cow for setting the city on fire.
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