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

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

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

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

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

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

A) the lake
B) the town square
C) the grassy meadow
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) frustrated
B) tired
C) excited
D) angry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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