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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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