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

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

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

A) The cow knocked over a lantern.
B) Daniel knocked over a lantern.
C) Daniel dropped his pipe.
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 hungry and wanted to be fed.
D) They were trying to wake Daniel up.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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