Coyote Places the Stars Comprehension
  • 1. This story is most like a _______.
A) fairy tale
B) legend
C) tall tale
D) riddle
  • 2. When does this story take place?
A) recently
B) during a full moon
C) many years in the past
D) after a bad storm
  • 3. Coyote shoots one arrow after the other at the sky because he _______.
A) is connecting arrows to make a ladder
B) can't carry arrows to the moon
C) is practicing his shooting
D) is showing off for Bear
  • 4. Which event happens first?
A) Coyote makes a picture of Bear from stars.
B) Coyote begins to howl.
C) Coyote returns to Earth.
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) from the stars
B) by thinking of himself and his friends
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) mysterious
C) unhappy
D) angry
  • 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) 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) musical
B) fearful
C) dangerous
D) imaginative
  • 11. What is the purpose of this story?
A) to tell how to shoot a bow and arrow
B) to explain the appearance of the night sky
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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