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

A) fantasy
B) science fiction
C) fable
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) 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 trying to wake Daniel up.
B) They tried to warn Daniel that Mrs. O'Leary was coming out to the barn.
C) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
D) The cows needed milking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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