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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 led the animals out of the barn.
C) He fell asleep.
D) He fed his mother's cow.

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

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

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