Pecos Bill Who Invents the 10 Gallon Hat

Why does Pecos Bill uproot a tree?

• it was in his way

• he thought it was ugly

• he needed the lumber

• he wanted to move the shade

What was one way the author adds exciting details to the text?

• similes

• onomatopoeia

• aliteration

• it is a boring text

Why didn't the tree idea work?

• he couldn't walk in his house

• he got bugs all over himself

• the tree began to rot

• all of the above

How does the illustrator show that Pecos Bill is confused by baseball?

• Pecos Bill totally understands the baseball

• he has a question mark drawn over his head

• he is scratching his head

• he is crying

How does Pecos Bill put out the fire at the stable?

• He redirects the river to the stable

• he carries gallons of water in his ten-gallon hat over and over

• he lassoed a rain cloud and squeezes it over the stable

• he yelled so loud that it scares a raincloud

How does the illustrator add humor to the book?

• the animals' expressions

• by using happy, cheerful colors only

• with the speech bubbles over Pecos Bill's head

• all of the above

True of False: Pecos Bill was inspired by firefighters and baseball players when designing the ten-gallon hat.

• True

• False

a large area of land covered with grass...

• brim

• prairie

• tailor

• honorary

the flat edge that sticks out of a hat

• dowsing

• boulder

• herd

• brim

one who makes, alters, or repairs clothes

• handy

• flummox

• tailor

• livery stable