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

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

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

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

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

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

A) business buildings
B) churches
C) shops
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) People began to put out the fire with blankets.
C) The horses trampled the fire with their hooves.
D) A gentle rain began to fall.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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