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) after a bad storm
B) many years in the past
C) during a full moon
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 connecting arrows to make a ladder
C) is practicing his shooting
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 returns to Earth.
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 looking at shapes on the moon
B) from the ideas that Bear gives him
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) cruel
C) mysterious
D) unhappy
  • 7. Which group do the words, whoofing, whiffing, screeching, and squawking belong to?
A) ways arrows may fly
B) things that Coyote does
C) sounds animals make
D) dives that birds make
  • 8. According to the story, Coyote makes animal-shaped pictures because ______.
A) the moon orders him to
B) stargazers in the future will think of all the animals
C) all the animals vote for them
D) they are the easiest to make
  • 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) imaginative
B) fearful
C) musical
D) dangerous
  • 11. What is the purpose of this story?
A) to give facts about coyotes
B) to tell how to shoot a bow and arrow
C) to explain the appearance of the night sky
D) to describe desert animals
  • 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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