Storyworks: Creature of the Mountains

Which of the following is an example of a legend?

• a story about yesterday's soccer game

• a story of how a knight got a magical sword

Which word best describes the creature Don Whillans saw in 1970?

• small

• weak

• beautiful

• huge

Our teachers told us cautionary tales about playing on the old playground near our school

• students were getting hurt on the rusty swings

• everything on the playground worked perfectly

What did a group of explorers find in 1921?

• claw marks

• a new kind of creature

• large footprints

• bits of fur

What might make your clothes filthy?

• playing a board game at a table inside

• playing kickball outside on a muddy field

In the line, "Hillary set out to study the evidence," the word evidence means...

• pieces of information

• imaginary stories

• questions

• mysteries

We saw an abominable creature in the forest

• we hid behind some rocks

• we tried to pet it

The text is mostly about

• animals that look like the yeti

• people who have seen the yeti

• Hillary's search for the yeti

• whether the yeti is real or not

Do you think the yeti is real?

• yes!

• no way!