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

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

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

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) The cows needed milking.
B) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
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) an entire week
B) two days
C) from sunrise to sunset
D) just a few hours

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) impossible
B) confusion
C) awful
D) instead

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