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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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