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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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