Coyote Places the Stars Comprehension
  • 1. This story is most like a _______.
A) fairy tale
B) tall tale
C) riddle
D) legend
  • 2. When does this story take place?
A) during a full moon
B) many years in the past
C) recently
D) after a bad storm
  • 3. Coyote shoots one arrow after the other at the sky because he _______.
A) is practicing his shooting
B) can't carry arrows to the moon
C) is connecting arrows to make a ladder
D) is showing off for Bear
  • 4. Which event happens first?
A) Coyote hits a star with an arrow and makes it move.
B) Coyote begins to howl.
C) Coyote makes a picture of Bear from stars.
D) Coyote returns to Earth.
  • 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) ways arrows may fly
C) dives that birds make
D) things that Coyote does
  • 8. According to the story, Coyote makes animal-shaped pictures because ______.
A) the moon orders him to
B) they are the easiest to make
C) all the animals vote for them
D) stargazers in the future will think of all the animals
  • 9. The animals give a great feast because ____.
A) they want to honor Coyote
B) it is the end of the summer
C) they are all hungry
D) Eagle tells them to do so
  • 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 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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