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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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