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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) tired
B) excited
C) frustrated
D) angry

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

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) The hay caught on fire.
B) Mrs. O'Leary came into the barn and found it for him.
C) Daniel woke up.
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 pile or large amount
B) a heavy object
C) a silly song
D) to become a problem

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

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