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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) angry
B) tired
C) excited
D) frustrated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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