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

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

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

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

A) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
B) They tried to warn Daniel that Mrs. O'Leary was coming out to the barn.
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) business buildings
C) churches
D) houses

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

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) angry
B) excited
C) tired
D) frustrated

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) The fire from Daniel's pipe caught the hay on fire.
D) Fire burned most of the city.

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

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

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

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

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

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