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