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

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

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

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) angry
B) excited
C) tired
D) frustrated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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