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