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

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

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

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

A) They were hungry and wanted to be fed.
B) The cows needed milking.
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) from sunrise to sunset
B) an entire week
C) two days
D) just a few hours

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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