Pecos Bill Retold by Mary Pope Osborne

What type of story is Pecos Bill

• Informational text

• Tall Tale

• Non-fiction

WHERE does Pecos Bill take place?

• Midwest

• Southwest

What was the problem in the story?

• The drought in the southwest

• Pecos Bill sitting on his haunches

• Pecos Bill landing on the moon

What character traits describe Pecos Bill

• Wild

• STRONG

• Sleepy

• Fearless

• Kind

What is the meaning of kind as it is used in this sentence?

• nice

• polite

• species

• only

What is the THEME of Pecos Bill? (the lesson the reader learns)

• Brave

• To be afraid of everything

Why did Pecos Bill's family move away?

• It was getting too crowded!

• There were not enough restaurants

• The weather was better somewhere else

How did Pecos Bill fix the drought?

• He wrung the water out of the cyclone

• He filled buckets of water from the rain

What does Pecos Bill do to the mountain lion?

• He saddles him and rides him like a horse.

• He fights him and tosses him over the mountain.

What type of fiction is Pecos Bill?

• a tall tale

• a fairy tale