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- 1. Multiple ChoiceHow does Pecos Bill meet the coyote that raises him?He visited a zoo.He fell out of the wagon and sat in the road until the coyote found him.He caught it with his bare teeth.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the reputation of the Hell's Gate Gang?They are a bunch of chicken.They are the kindest group around.They are the roughest and toughest gang of wild cowboys.They are a dandy quilting group.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Pecos Bill do when a cyclone threatens his ranch?He checks the radar app on his phone.He gets on his horse and leaves.He goes underground to be safe.He lassos it, rides it, and squeezes rain from it to end the drought.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhy does Pecos Bill want to stop Slue-Foot Sue from riding his horse?She is morbidly obese.She wants to kiss the horse.His horse is known as Widow Maker, and unsafe for anyone but himself.She will make him look bad.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhere do people say that Slue-foot Sue and Pecos Bill live at the end of the story?Key WestVenusThe moonBraham
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhy does Pecos Bill's father move his family from eastern Texas?He has 15 children.Grizzly bears have been playing with the baby.Some neighbors have moved in 50 miles away.The weather is too hot.
- 7. Multiple ChoicePecos Bill realizes that he is human when it is pointed out that hehowls at the moonlacks a tailsmells badhas fleas
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat does this description of Pecos Bill help you visualize?
"He'd just throw some water on his face in the morning and go around the rest of the day looking like a wet dog."his appearancethe feel of his hairhis love for swimmingthe smell of a wet dog - 9. Multiple ChoicePecos Bill wants to find the Hell's Gate Gang because he wants tojoin the gangfight the gangscare the gangcatch the gang
- 10. Multiple ChoicePecos Bill shows an odd sense of humor when hetakes over the gangfaces down a cyclonerefuses to comb his hairinvents tarantulas and scorpions
- 11. Multiple ChoicePecos Bill wins the love of Slue-foot Sue byputting on an elegant buckskin suitmessages her on Facebookhowls at the moon like a coyotefinally washes himself
- 12. Multiple ChoiceOne way in which Slue-foot Sue is a larger-than-life character in this tall tale is that sheis actually larger than lifedecides to ride Bill's wild horsewar-whoops when she rideshas a bit of coyote in her
- 13. Multiple ChoiceAfter flying off the back of Widow Maker, Slue-foot Sue bouncesinside a moon craterover her own cabinon her steel bustleinto Death Valley
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat does this list of places help you visualize?
"She flew over plains and mesas, over canyons, deserts, and prairies."how high and far Sue flieshow much Sue misses Earththe colors of the Earth belowthe excitement Sue feels when flying - 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat does this tall take say causes the sound of rolling thunder?Unfortunate gasUnfortunate belchingPecos Bill's lariat whirlingPecos Bill's family's laughter
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