Coyote Places the Stars Comprehension
  • 1. This story is most like a _______.
A) riddle
B) fairy tale
C) tall tale
D) legend
  • 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) can't carry arrows to the moon
B) is practicing his shooting
C) is showing off for Bear
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) from the stars
C) from the ideas that Bear gives him
D) by thinking of himself and his friends
  • 6. To the other animals in the story, Coyote's howl is ________.
A) cruel
B) unhappy
C) mysterious
D) angry
  • 7. Which group do the words, whoofing, whiffing, screeching, and squawking belong to?
A) dives that birds make
B) sounds animals make
C) ways arrows may fly
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) they want to honor Coyote
C) they are all hungry
D) it is the end of the summer
  • 10. Which word best tells about Coyote?
A) imaginative
B) musical
C) fearful
D) dangerous
  • 11. What is the purpose of this story?
A) to describe desert animals
B) to give facts about coyotes
C) to tell how to shoot a bow and arrow
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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