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

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

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

A) The cow knocked over a lantern.
B) Daniel knocked over a lantern.
C) Daniel dropped his pipe.
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) an entire week
C) just a few hours
D) from sunrise to sunset

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 fell asleep.
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) instead
B) impossible
C) awful
D) confusion

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