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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) The wind blew it out.
B) People began to put out the fire with blankets.
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) declarative
C) interrogative
D) imperative

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

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

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

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

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

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

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