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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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