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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) A fire began to spread throughtout the barn.
B) He led the animals out of 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) instead
B) confusion
C) impossible
D) awful

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