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

A) science fiction
B) fable
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 feed his mother's cow.
D) He went to get hay for his cattle.

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

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

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) People began to put out the fire with blankets.
D) The wind blew it out.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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