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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) angry
B) tired
C) frustrated
D) excited

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

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

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

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

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

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

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