Coyote Places the Stars Comprehension
  • 1. This story is most like a _______.
A) tall tale
B) riddle
C) legend
D) fairy tale
  • 2. When does this story take place?
A) during a full moon
B) after a bad storm
C) many years in the past
D) recently
  • 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 connecting arrows to make a ladder
D) is showing off for Bear
  • 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) from the ideas that Bear gives him
B) by looking at shapes on the moon
C) by thinking of himself and his friends
D) from the stars
  • 6. To the other animals in the story, Coyote's howl is ________.
A) angry
B) mysterious
C) unhappy
D) cruel
  • 7. Which group do the words, whoofing, whiffing, screeching, and squawking belong to?
A) dives that birds make
B) things that Coyote does
C) ways arrows may fly
D) sounds animals make
  • 8. According to the story, Coyote makes animal-shaped pictures because ______.
A) all the animals vote for them
B) stargazers in the future will think of all the animals
C) they are the easiest to make
D) the moon orders him to
  • 9. The animals give a great feast because ____.
A) Eagle tells them to do so
B) they are all hungry
C) they want to honor Coyote
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 tell how to shoot a bow and arrow
C) to give facts about coyotes
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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