Coyote Places the Stars Comprehension
  • 1. This story is most like a _______.
A) tall tale
B) riddle
C) fairy tale
D) legend
  • 2. When does this story take place?
A) after a bad storm
B) during a full moon
C) recently
D) many years in the past
  • 3. Coyote shoots one arrow after the other at the sky because he _______.
A) is showing off for Bear
B) is practicing his shooting
C) can't carry arrows to the moon
D) is connecting arrows to make a ladder
  • 4. Which event happens first?
A) Coyote hits a star with an arrow and makes it move.
B) Coyote makes a picture of Bear from stars.
C) Coyote returns to Earth.
D) Coyote begins to howl.
  • 5. Where does Coyote get his ideas for most of the star pictures he draws?
A) by looking at shapes on the moon
B) by thinking of himself and his friends
C) from the ideas that Bear gives him
D) from the stars
  • 6. To the other animals in the story, Coyote's howl is ________.
A) cruel
B) mysterious
C) angry
D) unhappy
  • 7. Which group do the words, whoofing, whiffing, screeching, and squawking belong to?
A) dives that birds make
B) things that Coyote does
C) ways arrows may fly
D) sounds animals make
  • 8. According to the story, Coyote makes animal-shaped pictures because ______.
A) stargazers in the future will think of all the animals
B) all the animals vote for them
C) they are the easiest to make
D) the moon orders him to
  • 9. The animals give a great feast because ____.
A) they are all hungry
B) it is the end of the summer
C) Eagle tells them to do so
D) they want to honor Coyote
  • 10. Which word best tells about Coyote?
A) imaginative
B) fearful
C) dangerous
D) musical
  • 11. What is the purpose of this story?
A) to give facts about coyotes
B) to tell how to shoot a bow and arrow
C) to describe desert animals
D) to explain the appearance of the night sky
  • 12. Name two things that show how clever Coyote is.
  • 13. "Rabbits hippity-hopped" when they went to see Coyote. List three other animals in the story and tell how each moved.
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