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

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

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

A) The cow knocked over a lantern.
B) Daniel 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 hungry and wanted to be fed.
C) They were trying to wake Daniel up.
D) The cows needed milking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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