Coyote School News

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Coyote School News

• Practice Quiz

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Vocabulary

• A roundup is
• A contest for cowhands
• Herding cattle for branding

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Answer

• b. Herding cattle for branding

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Vocabulary

• A Coyote is
• Small wolf-like animal
• Hopping insect

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Answer

• A. Small Wolf-like animal

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Vocabulary

• Spurs are..
• Clean Clothes
• Spiked wheels

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Answer

• b. Spiked wheels

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Vocabulary

• Dudes are
• A. villagers
• B. Easterners

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Answer

• b. Easterners

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Vocabulary

• To Bawl is to
• Cry
• plead

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Answer

• a. Cry

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Comprehension Questions
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Question

• What did Monchi mean when he said that the United
  States moved the line when it bought land from
  Mexico?
• New laws allowed some citizens of the US to move
  to Mexico.
• The border between the US and Mexico was changed.

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Answer

• B. The border between the US and Mexico was
  changed.

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Question

• When the story took place, the Ramirez Ranch was
  located in which country?
• Mexico
• United States

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Answer

• B. United States

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Question

• The most likely reason that the children liked
  that Miss Byers lived on a ranch was that she
• Lived in the same kind of place they did
• Hired them to do chores for her.

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Answer

• A. Lived in the same kind of place they did

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Question

• Monchis problem in this story was that he wanted
  to
• Win the Perfect Attendance Award
• Ride to school on the bus every day.

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Answer

• A. Win the Perfect Attendance Award

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Question

• How were Miss Byers and Monchi alike?

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Answer

• They were absent from school during the roundup.

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Question

• What is something Tucson had that Monchis
  community probably did not have?
• Roads for cars and trucks
• A Movie theater

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Answer

• B. A Movie theater

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Question

• Because Monchi broke his wrist
• He could not help his family with the roundup.
• His tia Lena knew what to get him for Christmas

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Answer

• B. His tia Lena knew what to get him for
  Christmas

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Question

• From details in the story, you can tell that
  roundups are
• Only for women
• Hard work

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Answer

• B. Hard Work

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Question

• Where did Monchi go to see the doctor?

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Answer

• Tucson

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Question

• Which of the following is the best clue for when
  the story took place?
• Gilbert wrote his story for the school newspaper
  in Spanish
• Miss Byers let the children listen to music on
  the radio
• Monchi wished President Roosevelt would fix the
  roads.

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Answer

• C. Monchi wished President Roosevelt would fix
  the roads.

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Question

• What is the most likely reason the author
  included pages for the Coyote News in this story?
• To tell readers about the hardships of ranch life
• To entertain readers with stories that students
  wrote.
• To inform readers about the current events.

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Answer

• B. To entertain readers with stories that
  students wrote.

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Question

• Miss Byers gave Monchi a silver dollar for a
  writing award because she knew.

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Answer

• He could not help being absent from school.