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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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