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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) impossible
B) awful
C) instead
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.