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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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