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

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

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

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

A) The cows needed milking.
B) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
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) an entire week
B) just a few hours
C) two days
D) from sunrise to sunset

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

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

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) frustrated
B) excited
C) tired
D) angry

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

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

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

A) Mrs. O'Leary came into the barn and found it for him.
B) Daniel woke up.
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) 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) instead
B) confusion
C) impossible
D) awful

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