Coyote Places the Stars Comprehension
  • 1. This story is most like a _______.
A) riddle
B) fairy tale
C) legend
D) tall tale
  • 2. When does this story take place?
A) after a bad storm
B) many years in the past
C) during a full moon
D) recently
  • 3. Coyote shoots one arrow after the other at the sky because he _______.
A) is connecting arrows to make a ladder
B) can't carry arrows to the moon
C) is showing off for Bear
D) is practicing his shooting
  • 4. Which event happens first?
A) Coyote returns to Earth.
B) Coyote begins to howl.
C) Coyote makes a picture of Bear from stars.
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) by thinking of himself and his friends
B) from the ideas that Bear gives him
C) by looking at shapes on the moon
D) from the stars
  • 6. To the other animals in the story, Coyote's howl is ________.
A) mysterious
B) unhappy
C) cruel
D) angry
  • 7. Which group do the words, whoofing, whiffing, screeching, and squawking belong to?
A) ways arrows may fly
B) dives that birds make
C) sounds animals make
D) things that Coyote does
  • 8. According to the story, Coyote makes animal-shaped pictures because ______.
A) they are the easiest to make
B) the moon orders him to
C) stargazers in the future will think of all the animals
D) all the animals vote for them
  • 9. The animals give a great feast because ____.
A) it is the end of the summer
B) they are all hungry
C) Eagle tells them to do so
D) they want to honor Coyote
  • 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 give facts about coyotes
C) to tell how to shoot a bow and arrow
D) to explain the appearance of the night sky
  • 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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