Coyote Places the Stars Comprehension
  • 1. The sides of the ___________ were steep.
A) pride
B) canyon
C) feast
D) swiftly
  • 2. We couldn't stop __________ at the little red-headed girl because she was so cute.
A) skillful
B) pride
C) arranged
D) gazing
  • 3. Ed is very ______ at drawing pictures of horses.
A) skillful
B) swiftly
C) arranges
D) pride
  • 4. The little children _________ the blocks in the shape of a horse.
A) arranged
B) pride
C) gazing
D) feast
  • 5. Jan ran so ___________ in the race that she finished in first place.
A) pride
B) arranged
C) feast
D) swiftly
  • 6. Tina took _______ in her many accomplishments.
A) arranged
B) pride
C) canyon
D) gazing
  • 7. Our family has a __________ every Thanksgiving Day.
A) pride
B) feast
C) canyon
D) swiftly
  • 8. This story is most like a _______.
A) legend
B) riddle
C) tall tale
D) fairy tale
  • 9. When does this story take place?
A) during a full moon
B) after a bad storm
C) many years in the past
D) recently
  • 10. Coyote shoots one arrow after the other at the sky because he _______.
A) is practicing his shooting
B) can't carry arrows to the moon
C) is showing off for Bear
D) is connecting arrows to make a ladder
  • 11. Which event happens first?
A) Coyote returns to Earth.
B) Coyote hits a star with an arrow and makes it move.
C) Coyote makes a picture of Bear from stars.
D) Coyote begins to howl.
  • 12. 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 stars
D) from the ideas that Bear gives him
  • 13. To the other animals in the story, Coyote's howl is ________.
A) angry
B) mysterious
C) cruel
D) unhappy
  • 14. 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
  • 15. According to the story, Coyote makes animal-shaped pictures because ______.
A) all the animals vote for them
B) stargazers in the future will think of all the animals
C) they are the easiest to make
D) the moon orders him to
  • 16. The animals give a great feast because ____.
A) they want to honor Coyote
B) Eagle tells them to do so
C) it is the end of the summer
D) they are all hungry
  • 17. Which word best tells about Coyote?
A) dangerous
B) musical
C) imaginative
D) fearful
  • 18. What is the purpose of this story?
A) to explain the appearance of the night sky
B) to describe desert animals
C) to tell how to shoot a bow and arrow
D) to give facts about coyotes
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