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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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