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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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