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

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

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

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

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) an entire week
C) two days
D) just a few hours

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.