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

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

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

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

A) They were trying to wake Daniel up.
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) The cows needed milking.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A) He got burned on his finger.
B) Daniel woke up.
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) 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 heavy object
D) a pile or large amount

A) instead
B) impossible
C) confusion
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.