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

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

A) He went to get a lantern.
B) Daniel lived in the hay loft in the barn.
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) The cows needed milking.
B) They tried to warn Daniel that Mrs. O'Leary was coming out to the barn.
C) They were trying to wake Daniel up.
D) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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