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

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

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

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 were trying to wake Daniel up.
B) The cows needed milking.
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) two days
B) from sunrise to sunset
C) just a few hours
D) an entire week

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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