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

A) science fiction
B) fantasy
C) realistic fiction
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 feed his mother's cow.
D) He went to get a lantern.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.