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

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

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

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

A) They tried to warn Daniel that Mrs. O'Leary was coming out to the barn.
B) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
C) They were trying to wake Daniel up.
D) The cows needed milking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.