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

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

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

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

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) from sunrise to sunset
C) an entire week
D) just a few hours

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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