Pecos Bill

How 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.

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CCSS.RI.8.10

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What 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.

What 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.

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CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Why 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.

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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Where do people say that Slue-foot Sue and Pecos Bill live at the end of the story?

• Key West
• Venus
• The moon
• Braham

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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CCSS.RL.7.5

Why 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.

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CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Pecos Bill realizes that he is human when it is pointed out that he

• howls at the moon
• lacks a tail
• smells bad
• has fleas

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

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CCSS.RL.7.5

What 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 appearance
• the feel of his hair
• his love for swimming
• the smell of a wet dog

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CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

Pecos Bill wants to find the Hell's Gate Gang because he wants to

• join the gang
• fight the gang
• scare the gang
• catch the gang

Pecos Bill shows an odd sense of humor when he 

• takes over the gang
• faces down a cyclone
• refuses to comb his hair
• invents tarantulas and scorpions

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.4