Coyote School News

Everyone participated in the roundup.

• auction to sell livestock

• contest for cowhands

• herding cattle for branding or sale

• harvest of autumn crops

The coyote crossed the field.

• small wolf-like animal

• hopping insect

• large eagle-like bird

• poisonous snake

Manny hung up his spurs.

• holiday decorations

• spiked wheels

• clean clothes

• framed pictures

The dudes arrived at the ranch.

• cowhands

• city people

• Southerners

• cavemen

I hear someone bawling.

• typing

• pleading

• crying

• chattering

What did Monchi mean when he said that the United States "moved the line" when it bought land from Mexico?

• Mexican people had to enter the United States at a different location.

• The United States changed the route of a new highway to Mexico.

• New laws allowed some citizens of the United States to move to Mexico.

• The border between the United States and Mexico was changed.

When the story took place, the Ramirez Ranch was located in which country?

• Spain

• United States

• Mexico

• Canada

The most likely reason that the children liked that Miss Byers lived on a ranch was that she...

• knew how to ride a horse

• lived in the same kind of place they did

• hired them to do chores for her

• understood how hard they worked in the fields

Monchi's problem in this story was that he wanted to...

• help pick and string chiles

• write a story for the Coyote News

• win the Perfect Attendance Award

• ride to school on a bus every day

How ere Miss Byers and Monchi alike?

• They were absent from school during the roundup

• They got hurt while riding in the back of a truck

• They helped brand the cattle on their ranches

• They made sartas from chiles that they picked