Coyote Places the Stars Comprehension
  • 1. The sides of the ___________ were steep.
A) canyon
B) pride
C) swiftly
D) feast
  • 2. We couldn't stop __________ at the little red-headed girl because she was so cute.
A) skillful
B) arranged
C) gazing
D) pride
  • 3. Ed is very ______ at drawing pictures of horses.
A) skillful
B) pride
C) swiftly
D) arranges
  • 4. The little children _________ the blocks in the shape of a horse.
A) feast
B) arranged
C) pride
D) gazing
  • 5. Jan ran so ___________ in the race that she finished in first place.
A) arranged
B) swiftly
C) feast
D) pride
  • 6. Tina took _______ in her many accomplishments.
A) pride
B) arranged
C) gazing
D) canyon
  • 7. Our family has a __________ every Thanksgiving Day.
A) pride
B) feast
C) canyon
D) swiftly
  • 8. This story is most like a _______.
A) tall tale
B) fairy tale
C) legend
D) riddle
  • 9. When does this story take place?
A) during a full moon
B) after a bad storm
C) recently
D) many years in the past
  • 10. Coyote shoots one arrow after the other at the sky because he _______.
A) is showing off for Bear
B) is practicing his shooting
C) can't carry arrows to the moon
D) is connecting arrows to make a ladder
  • 11. Which event happens first?
A) Coyote makes a picture of Bear from stars.
B) Coyote hits a star with an arrow and makes it move.
C) Coyote begins to howl.
D) Coyote returns to Earth.
  • 12. Where does Coyote get his ideas for most of the star pictures he draws?
A) from the ideas that Bear gives him
B) by thinking of himself and his friends
C) from the stars
D) by looking at shapes on the moon
  • 13. To the other animals in the story, Coyote's howl is ________.
A) angry
B) mysterious
C) cruel
D) unhappy
  • 14. 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
  • 15. According to the story, Coyote makes animal-shaped pictures because ______.
A) stargazers in the future will think of all the animals
B) the moon orders him to
C) they are the easiest to make
D) all the animals vote for them
  • 16. The animals give a great feast because ____.
A) it is the end of the summer
B) Eagle tells them to do so
C) they are all hungry
D) they want to honor Coyote
  • 17. Which word best tells about Coyote?
A) imaginative
B) dangerous
C) fearful
D) musical
  • 18. What is the purpose of this story?
A) to explain the appearance of the night sky
B) to describe desert animals
C) to give facts about coyotes
D) to tell how to shoot a bow and arrow
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