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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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