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) many years in the past
B) recently
C) during a full moon
D) after a bad storm
  • 3. Coyote shoots one arrow after the other at the sky because he _______.
A) is showing off for Bear
B) is connecting arrows to make a ladder
C) is practicing his shooting
D) can't carry arrows to the moon
  • 4. Which event happens first?
A) Coyote begins to howl.
B) Coyote hits a star with an arrow and makes it move.
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 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) angry
B) mysterious
C) unhappy
D) cruel
  • 7. Which group do the words, whoofing, whiffing, screeching, and squawking belong to?
A) ways arrows may fly
B) things that Coyote does
C) dives that birds make
D) sounds animals make
  • 8. According to the story, Coyote makes animal-shaped pictures because ______.
A) they are the easiest to make
B) the moon orders him to
C) stargazers in the future will think of all the animals
D) all the animals vote for them
  • 9. The animals give a great feast because ____.
A) it is the end of the summer
B) they want to honor Coyote
C) they are all hungry
D) Eagle tells them to do so
  • 10. Which word best tells about Coyote?
A) musical
B) dangerous
C) fearful
D) imaginative
  • 11. What is the purpose of this story?
A) to explain the appearance of the night sky
B) to tell how to shoot a bow and arrow
C) to give facts about coyotes
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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