WorksheetsThe Saga of Pecos Bill — Selection/Vocabulary Quiz Module 4
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Read “The Saga of Pecos Bill” and answer this question: Which sentence best tells how the beginning of the play helps the reader understand the rest of the play?
It tells how big the state of Texas is.
It tells what made Pecos Bill an unusual child.
It tells why people used to move West a long time ago.
It tells how Ma and Pa kept forgetting their children’s names.
Read “The Saga of Pecos Bill” and answer this question: Ma and Pa could not afford a teddy bear. What does the word afford mean?
sell
make
find
pay for
Read “The Saga of Pecos Bill” and answer this question: Why is Cowboy 1 surprised when he first sees Pecos Bill drinking water at the river?
Pecos Bill is acting like a coyote.
Pecos Bill is fighting a grizzly bear.
Pecos Bill is riding a mountain lion.
Pecos Bill is making a lasso out of a snake.
Read “The Saga of Pecos Bill” and answer this question: How does Pecos Bill help the cowboys?
He ends a drought.
He watches their cows.
He gets rid of the trees.
He protects them from animals.
Read “The Saga of Pecos Bill” and answer this question: Why is Pecos Bill’s fight with the tornado important?
It explains why cowboys carry a rope.
It tells how Pecos Bill became a cowboy.
It tells how big tornadoes used to become.
It explains why there are wide open spaces across Texas.
When you tame a wild animal, you _______.
help it learn to listen and follow you
chase it back into the forrest
watch it from far away
paint a picture of it
A saga is best described as _______.
a short, funny story
a long story about brave people and adventures
a book of jokes
a list of facts and dates
Mia’s bracelet was made of genuine silver, not fake metal. What does genuine mean in this sentence?
Expensive and shiny
Real and just what it seems to be
Old and rusty
Pretty and colorful
The snake coiled itself around the branch to take a nap. What does coiled mean?
Jumped up and down
Moved in straight lines
Curled into loops or circles
Hid under a rock
It took many months for the trainer to tame the wild horse. What does tame mean?
Teach it to follow commands
Let it run free in the wild
Paint a picture of it
Feed it from far away
If something whirled, it _______.
stayed still in one place
spun and moved around very fast
rolled slowly across the floor
floated up into the sky
The teacher read us a saga about a brave knight who saved his village. What is a saga?
A short poem about animals
A long story about heroes and adventures
A list of names
A funny joke
The leaves whirled around in the wind before falling to the ground. What does whirled mean?
Spun and turned quickly
Floated slowly in the air
Stayed still on the ground
Flew far away
When something is genuine, it is _______.
not real or pretend
real and just what it seems to be
something very shiny
made up from a story
When you coiled something, you _______.
made it into loops or circles
pulled it out straight
folded it in half
pushed it into a ball
