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Coyote Places the Stars Comprehension
Contributed by: Moore
  • 1. This story is most like a _______.
A) tall tale
B) legend
C) riddle
D) fairy tale
  • 2. When does this story take place?
A) during a full moon
B) many years in the past
C) after a bad storm
D) recently
  • 3. 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
  • 4. Which event happens first?
A) Coyote begins to howl.
B) Coyote makes a picture of Bear from stars.
C) Coyote hits a star with an arrow and makes it move.
D) Coyote returns to Earth.
  • 5. Where does Coyote get his ideas for most of the star pictures he draws?
A) from the stars
B) by thinking of himself and his friends
C) from the ideas that Bear gives him
D) by looking at shapes on the moon
  • 6. To the other animals in the story, Coyote's howl is ________.
A) unhappy
B) cruel
C) angry
D) mysterious
  • 7. Which group do the words, whoofing, whiffing, screeching, and squawking belong to?
A) dives that birds make
B) things that Coyote does
C) ways arrows may fly
D) sounds animals make
  • 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) Eagle tells them to do so
B) they are all hungry
C) they want to honor Coyote
D) it is the end of the summer
  • 10. Which word best tells about Coyote?
A) imaginative
B) musical
C) dangerous
D) fearful
  • 11. What is the purpose of this story?
A) to give facts about coyotes
B) to explain the appearance of the night sky
C) to tell how to shoot a bow and arrow
D) to describe desert animals
  • 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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