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

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

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

A) The cow knocked over a lantern.
B) Daniel dropped his pipe.
C) Daniel knocked over a lantern.
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) an entire week
C) just a few hours
D) from sunrise to sunset

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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