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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) tired
C) angry
D) frustrated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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