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Coyote Places the Stars Comprehension
Contributed by: Moore
  • 1. This story is most like a _______.
A) legend
B) tall tale
C) riddle
D) fairy tale
  • 2. When does this story take place?
A) during a full moon
B) recently
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) can't carry arrows to the moon
B) is showing off for Bear
C) is practicing his shooting
D) is connecting arrows to make a ladder
  • 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) by thinking of himself and his friends
C) from the stars
D) from the ideas that Bear gives him
  • 6. To the other animals in the story, Coyote's howl is ________.
A) cruel
B) angry
C) mysterious
D) unhappy
  • 7. Which group do the words, whoofing, whiffing, screeching, and squawking belong to?
A) things that Coyote does
B) sounds animals make
C) ways arrows may fly
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) Eagle tells them to do so
C) they are all hungry
D) it is the end of the summer
  • 10. Which word best tells about Coyote?
A) dangerous
B) musical
C) imaginative
D) fearful
  • 11. What is the purpose of this story?
A) to give facts about coyotes
B) to describe desert animals
C) to explain the appearance of the night sky
D) to tell how to shoot a bow and arrow
  • 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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