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