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Coyote Places the Stars Comprehension
Contributed by: Moore
  • 1. This story is most like a _______.
A) riddle
B) fairy tale
C) tall tale
D) legend
  • 2. When does this story take place?
A) during a full moon
B) after a bad storm
C) recently
D) many years in the past
  • 3. Coyote shoots one arrow after the other at the sky because he _______.
A) is practicing his shooting
B) is connecting arrows to make a ladder
C) can't carry arrows to the moon
D) is showing off for Bear
  • 4. 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 returns to Earth.
D) Coyote begins to howl.
  • 5. Where does Coyote get his ideas for most of the star pictures he draws?
A) by thinking of himself and his friends
B) by looking at shapes on the moon
C) from the ideas that Bear gives him
D) from the stars
  • 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) sounds animals make
B) things that Coyote does
C) dives that birds make
D) ways arrows may fly
  • 8. According to the story, Coyote makes animal-shaped pictures because ______.
A) the moon orders him to
B) they are the easiest to make
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) 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
  • 10. Which word best tells about Coyote?
A) dangerous
B) musical
C) fearful
D) imaginative
  • 11. What is the purpose of this story?
A) to describe desert animals
B) to explain the appearance of the night sky
C) to tell how to shoot a bow and arrow
D) to give facts about coyotes
  • 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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