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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) the region along the hillside
B) the grassy meadow
C) the lake
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) angry
B) frustrated
C) tired
D) excited

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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