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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) exclamatory
B) imperative
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) Fire burned most of the city.
D) Mrs. O'Leary's barn burned to the ground.

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

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

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

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

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

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