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

A) fantasy
B) nonfiction
C) science fiction
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) Daniel knocked over a lantern.
C) Mrs. O'Leary dropped a match on the hay.
D) Daniel dropped his pipe.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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