Coyote Places the Stars Comprehension
  • 1. This story is most like a _______.
A) legend
B) fairy tale
C) riddle
D) tall tale
  • 2. When does this story take place?
A) many years in the past
B) during a full moon
C) recently
D) after a bad storm
  • 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) is connecting arrows to make a ladder
D) can't carry arrows to the moon
  • 4. Which event happens first?
A) Coyote begins to howl.
B) Coyote makes a picture of Bear from stars.
C) Coyote returns to Earth.
D) Coyote hits a star with an arrow and makes it move.
  • 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) angry
B) mysterious
C) cruel
D) unhappy
  • 7. Which group do the words, whoofing, whiffing, screeching, and squawking belong to?
A) ways arrows may fly
B) dives that birds make
C) sounds animals make
D) things that Coyote does
  • 8. According to the story, Coyote makes animal-shaped pictures because ______.
A) the moon orders him to
B) all the animals vote for them
C) stargazers in the future will think of all the animals
D) they are the easiest to make
  • 9. The animals give a great feast because ____.
A) Eagle tells them to do so
B) it is the end of the summer
C) they are all hungry
D) they want to honor Coyote
  • 10. Which word best tells about Coyote?
A) imaginative
B) dangerous
C) musical
D) fearful
  • 11. What is the purpose of this story?
A) to give facts about coyotes
B) to explain the appearance of the night sky
C) to describe desert animals
D) to tell how to shoot a bow and arrow
  • 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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