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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) frustrated
B) tired
C) excited
D) angry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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