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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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