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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) Daniel woke up.
B) The hay caught on fire.
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 led the animals out of the barn.
C) A fire began to spread throughtout the barn.
D) He fed his mother's cow.

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

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

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