TALL TALE - Pecos Bill

What is the author’s purpose?

• to inform

• to entertain

• to explain a process

• to persuade

Read this sentence: Pecos Bill was a tyke when his family headed west. What is a tyke?

• a tricycle

• a strong man

• a small child

• a troublemaker

Which of these events could really happen?

• Pecos Bill was four when his family headed west.

• Bill threw a trunk through the roof of the wagon.

• Bill, a small child, loaded heavy furniture.

• Bill was as strong as three bulls.

Which part of the story must be fantasy?

• The family reached Texas after weeks of traveling.

• Bill fished in the Pecos River.

• Bill caught a tornado with his lasso.

• All of the above

Bill was raised by                  .

• a huge fish

• his parents

• his Aunt Bessie

• a mother coyote

Who found and helped Bill, telling him that he is not a coyote?

• mother coyote

• policeman

• cowboy

• tornado

What convinced Bill he wasn’t a coyote?

• He had no fur.

• He had no tail.

• He couldn’t howl.

• He had no clothes.

Why were the outlaws afraid of Bill?

• He had a live rattlesnake around his neck.

• He had no clothes on.

• Bill was tall and tough.

• Curly Joe was protecting him.

Which of these events could really happen?

• Bill tamed the horse Widow- Maker by staying on her back

  for three days and nights.

• Bill lassoed the horns off a toad.

• Bill lassoed a tornado.

• Bill became friends with Curly Joe.

The author uses this tall tale to explain the creation of        .

• the Grand Canyon

• the Painted Desert

• rainbows

• tornadoes