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Coyote Places the Stars Comprehension
Contributed by: Moore
  • 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) 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) can't carry arrows to the moon
B) is connecting arrows to make a ladder
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 returns to Earth.
C) Coyote begins to howl.
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 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
  • 6. To the other animals in the story, Coyote's howl is ________.
A) unhappy
B) mysterious
C) cruel
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) all the animals vote for them
C) stargazers in the future will think of all the animals
D) the moon orders him to
  • 9. The animals give a great feast because ____.
A) they are all hungry
B) it is the end of the summer
C) they want to honor Coyote
D) Eagle tells them to do so
  • 10. Which word best tells about Coyote?
A) dangerous
B) imaginative
C) fearful
D) musical
  • 11. What is the purpose of this story?
A) to describe desert animals
B) to explain the appearance of the night sky
C) to give facts about coyotes
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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