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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.