Pecos Bill Quiz

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 is one way the author adds exciting details to the text?

• similes

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• 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 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 a river to the stable

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

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

• he yelled so loud that it scared 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

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

• True

• False

What vocabulary word matches the following definition:

a large area of land covered with grass

• prairie

• brim

• handy

• tailor

What vocabulary word matches the following definition:

the flat edge that sticks out of a hat

• brim

• honorary

• boulder

• herd

What vocabulary word matches the following definition:

one who makes, alters, or repairs clothes

• tailor

• dowsing

• flummox

• prairie