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

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

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) Daniel knocked over a lantern.
B) Daniel dropped his pipe.
C) Mrs. O'Leary dropped a match on the hay.
D) The cow 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 hungry and wanted to be fed.
D) They were trying to wake Daniel up.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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