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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) excited
B) tired
C) angry
D) frustrated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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