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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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