Sutton "Coyote School News"
Read the story "Coyote School News" in your literature book then answer the multiple choice questions that go along with the story.
- 1.What is the meaning of the underlined word? Everyone participated in the roundup.
- A.
Auction to sell livestock
- B.
Contest for cowhands
- C.
Herding cattle for branding or sale
- D.
Harvest of autumn crops
- 2.What is the meaning of the underlined word? The coyote crossed the field.
- A.
Small wolf-like animal
- B.
Hopping insect
- C.
Large eagle-like bird
- D.
Poisonous snake
- 3.What is the meaning of the underlined word? Manny hung up his spurs.
- A.
Holiday decorations
- B.
Spiked wheels
- C.
Clean clothes
- D.
Framed pictures
- 4.What is the meaning of the underlined word? The dudes arrived at the ranch.
- A.
Cowhands
- B.
Easterners
- C.
Villagers
- D.
Southerners
- 5.What is the meaning of the underlined word? I hear someone bawling.
- A.
Typing
- B.
Pleading
- C.
Crying
- D.
Chattering
- 6.What did Monchi mean when he said that the United States "moved the line" when it bought land from Mexico?
- A.
Mexican people had to enter the United States at a different location.
- B.
The United States changed the route of a new highway to Mexico.
- C.
New laws allowed some citizens of the United States to move to Mexico.
- D.
The border between the United States and Mexico was changed.
- 7.When the story took place, the Ramirez Ranch was located in which country?
- A.
Spain
- B.
United States
- C.
Mexico
- D.
Canada
- 8.Why did the children like that Miss Byers lived on the ranch?
- A.
She knew how to ride a horse.
- B.
She lived in the same kind of place they did.
- C.
She hired them to do chores for her.
- D.
She understood how hard they worked in the fields so she would let them sleep in class.
- 9.Monchi's problem in this story was that he wanted to...
- A.
Help pick and string chiles.
- B.
Write a story for the Coyote News.
- C.
Win the Perfect Attendance Award.
- D.
Ride to school on a bus every day.
- 10.How were Miss Byers and Monchi alike?
- A.
They were absent from school during the roundup.
- B.
They got hurt while riding in the back of a truck.
- C.
They helped brand the cattle on their ranches.
- D.
They made sartas from chiles that they picked.
- 11.What is something Tucson had that Monchi's community probably did not have?
- A.
A school
- B.
Music and dancing
- C.
Roads
- D.
A movie theater
- 12.From details in the story, you can tell that roundups are...
- A.
Only for women.
- B.
Hard work.
- C.
Held in the winter.
- D.
Held after school.
- 13.Where did Monchi go to see the doctor?
- A.
Sonora
- B.
Rattlesnake Canyon
- C.
Tucson
- D.
Coyote Ranch
- 14.Which of the following gives you the best clue for when the story took place?
- A.
Miss Byers let the children listen to music.
- B.
Most of the children rode a bus to Coyote School.
- C.
Gilbert wrote his story for the school newspaper in Spanish.
- D.
Monchi wished President Roosevelt would fix the roads.
- 15.Why do you think the author probably put pages from Coyote News in this story?
- A.
To tell readers about the hardships of ranch life
- B.
To entertain readers with stories the students wrote
- C.
To inform readers about current events
- D.
To persuade readers to create a school newspaper
- 16.Miss Byers gave Monchi a silver dollar for a writing award because she knew...
- A.
He could not help being absent from school.
- B.
His tia Lena was not able to him the coin.
- C.
He was graduation and would be leaving school.
- D.
His family needed money to pay their bills.
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