Coyote Places the Stars Comprehension
  • 1. This story is most like a _______.
A) legend
B) riddle
C) tall tale
D) fairy tale
  • 2. When does this story take place?
A) recently
B) during a full moon
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 practicing his shooting
C) is connecting arrows to make a ladder
D) is showing off for Bear
  • 4. Which event happens first?
A) Coyote hits a star with an arrow and makes it move.
B) Coyote makes a picture of Bear from stars.
C) Coyote begins to howl.
D) Coyote returns to Earth.
  • 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 thinking of himself and his friends
D) by looking at shapes on the moon
  • 6. To the other animals in the story, Coyote's howl is ________.
A) angry
B) cruel
C) mysterious
D) unhappy
  • 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) stargazers in the future will think of all the animals
B) the moon orders him to
C) all the animals vote for them
D) they are the easiest to make
  • 9. The animals give a great feast because ____.
A) it is the end of the summer
B) they want to honor Coyote
C) Eagle tells them to do so
D) they are all hungry
  • 10. Which word best tells about Coyote?
A) dangerous
B) fearful
C) imaginative
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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