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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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