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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.