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

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

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

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

A) The cows needed milking.
B) They were trying to wake Daniel up.
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) from sunrise to sunset
D) just a few hours

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

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

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

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

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

A) The fire from Daniel's pipe caught the hay on fire.
B) Fire burned most of the city.
C) Nobody knew that Daniel really started the fire.
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) Daniel woke up.
B) He got burned on his finger.
C) Mrs. O'Leary came into the barn and found it for him.
D) The hay caught on fire.

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) to become a problem
D) a silly song

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

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