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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) He fell asleep.
B) He fed his mother's cow.
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 silly song
C) to become a problem
D) a heavy object

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

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