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

A) fable
B) nonfiction
C) science fiction
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 feed his mother's cow.
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 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) two days
B) from sunrise to sunset
C) just a few hours
D) an entire week

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.