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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) many years in the past
B) during a full moon
C) recently
D) after a bad storm
  • 3. Coyote shoots one arrow after the other at the sky because he _______.
A) is connecting arrows to make a ladder
B) is practicing his shooting
C) is showing off for Bear
D) can't carry arrows to the moon
  • 4. Which event happens first?
A) Coyote makes a picture of Bear from stars.
B) Coyote hits a star with an arrow and makes it move.
C) Coyote returns to Earth.
D) Coyote begins to howl.
  • 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) unhappy
B) cruel
C) mysterious
D) angry
  • 7. Which group do the words, whoofing, whiffing, screeching, and squawking belong to?
A) sounds animals make
B) things that Coyote does
C) ways arrows may fly
D) dives that birds make
  • 8. According to the story, Coyote makes animal-shaped pictures because ______.
A) they are the easiest to make
B) stargazers in the future will think of all the animals
C) all the animals vote for them
D) the moon orders him to
  • 9. The animals give a great feast because ____.
A) Eagle tells them to do so
B) they want to honor Coyote
C) it is the end of the summer
D) they are all hungry
  • 10. Which word best tells about Coyote?
A) musical
B) fearful
C) imaginative
D) dangerous
  • 11. What is the purpose of this story?
A) to describe desert animals
B) to tell how to shoot a bow and arrow
C) to give facts about coyotes
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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