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

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

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

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) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
C) The cows needed milking.
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) just a few hours
D) an entire week

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

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

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) angry
B) frustrated
C) tired
D) excited

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

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

A) become a fireman
B) rebuild the barn
C) throw away his pipe
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 fed his mother's cow.
C) He fell asleep.
D) He led the animals out of the barn.

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

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

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