Coyote School News

Everyone participated in the ROUNDUP. 

• auction to sell livestock
• contest for cowhands
• herding cattle for branding or sale
• harvest of autumn crops

The COYOTE crossed the field.

• small wolf-like animal
• hopping insect
• large eagle-like bird
• poisonous snake

Manny hung up his SPURS.

• holiday decorations
• spiked wheels
• clean clothes
• framed pictures

The DUDES arrived at the ranch.

• cowhands
• Easterners
• villagers
• Southerners

I hear someone BAWLING.

• typing
• pleading
• crying
• chattering

What did Monchi mean when he said that the United States "moved the line" when it bought land from Mexico?

• Mexican people had to enter the United States at a different location.
• The United States changed the route of a new highway to Mexico.
• New laws allowed some citizens of the United States to move to Mexico.
• The border between the United States and Mexico was changed.

When the story took place, the Ramirez Ranch was located in which country?

• Spain
• United States
• Mexico
• Canada

The most likely reason that the children liked that Miss Byers lived on a ranch was that she

• knew how to ride a horse.
• lived in the same kind of place they did.
• hired them to do chores for her.
• understood how hard they worked in the fields.

Monchi's problem in the story was that he wanted to

• help pick and string chilies.
• write a story for the Coyote News.
• win the Perfect Attendance Award
• ride to school on a bus every day.

How were Miss Byers and Monchi alike?

• They were absent from school during the roundup.
• They got hurt while riding in the back of a truck.
• They helped brand the cattle on their ranches.
• They made sartas from chilies they picked.