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- 1. Multiple Choice
Read this sentence: "Pecos Bill was a tyke when his family headed west." What is a tyke?
a tricycle
a strong man
a small child
a troublemaker
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of these events could really happen?
Pecos Bill was four when his family headed west.
Bill threw a trunk through the roof of a wagon.
Bill, a small child, loaded heavy furniture.
Bill was as strong as three bulls.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which part of the story must be fantasy?
The family reached Texas after weeks of traveling.
Bill fished in the Pecos River.
Bill caught a tornado with his lasso.
All of the above.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Bill was raised by _______________.
a huge fish
his parents
his Aunt Bessie
a mother coyote
- 5. Multiple Choice
How old was Bill when Curly Joe found him?
4 years old
19 years old
17 years old
20 years old
- 6. Multiple Choice
What convinced Bill he wasn't a coyote?
He had no fur.
He had no tail.
He couldn't howl.
He had no clothes.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why were the outlaws afraid of Bill?
He had a live rattlesnake around his neck.
He had no clothes on.
Bill was tall and tough.
Curly Joe was protecting him.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of these events could really happen?
Bill tamed the horse Widow-Maker by staying on her back for three days and nights.
Bill lassoed the horns off a toad.
Bill lassoed a tornado.
Bill became friends with Curly Joe.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The author uses this tall tale to explain the creation of _____________.
The Grand Canyon
The Pained Desert
Rainbows
Tornadoes
- 10. Multiple Choice
"Some boys would have dreaded such a long trip, but not Bill. Yee-haw!” he shouted when he heard the news." What is a synonym for dreaded based on the quote from the text?
enjoyed
loved
appreciated
feared
- 11. Multiple Choice
What caused Bill to become separated from his parents?
The coyote mother took him.
I huge fish dragged him away while fishing.
He didn't want to be with his family anymore.
He got lost on the wagon trail.
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is was an effect of the coyote mother rescuing Bill?
He lost his family.
He became the best cowboy ever.
He was adopted.
He had to wrestle a rattlesnake.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Bill was crazy to put a rattlesnake around his shoulders. Is this statement fact or opinion?
Fact
Opinion
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