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

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

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

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

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) The cows needed milking.
D) They were trying to wake Daniel up.

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

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

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

A) A gentle rain began to fall.
B) People began to put out the fire with blankets.
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) interrogative
D) exclamatory

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.