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Pocahontas Comprehension Test 1
Contributed by: Rogers
  • 1. What animal did Pocahontas and Nantaquas find caught in a snare?
A) snake
B) rabbit
C) eagle
D) bear cub
  • 2. Why did Nantaquas tell Pocahontas that she could never hunt with him again?
A) She talked and scared the birds.
B) She made too much noise as she walked in the woods.
C) She let the animal go that he found in the snare.
D) She was better at hunting than Nantaquas.
  • 3. What current state is the setting for this book?
A) Virginia
B) South Carolina
C) Maryland
D) Florida
  • 4. What name did the natives call "guns"?
A) firesticks
B) flaming torches
C) lightning rods
D) red, hot clubs
  • 5. What did Pocahontas want to make from the bear skin that the natives might be able to get on their hunt?
A) a dress
B) a toy rattle
C) a necklace
D) a bed
  • 6. What did the settlers name their new village?
A) Johnsborough
B) Jamestown
C) King James Village
D) Powhatan's Place
  • 7. Who was the leader of the English settlement?
A) Captain Argall
B) John Smith
C) John Rolfe
D) Captain Newport
  • 8. Whad did Hapsis say that Pocahontas could do to help John Smith?
A) Ask for him to be given to her
B) Cry in front of the people at the feast
C) Take him to another Indian village
D) Tell her father she would marry John Smith
  • 9. What did the natives use to dry their hands?
A) feathers
B) leaves
C) rabbit skins
D) birch bark
  • 10. What did John Smith give to the Indians when they went into the English village that made them upset?
A) some old English clothes
B) a statue of King James
C) a heavy cannon
D) worthless beads
  • 11. What foods did Pocahontas take to John Smith's village?
A) fish and turkeys
B) milk and honey
C) wheat and barley
D) corn and beans
  • 12. What did Pocahontas find strange about the village of the English?
A) There were no women or children.
B) Their roads were paced with stones.
C) They sang songs about King James all during the day.
D) There houses were filled with small pictures of King James.
  • 13. What did the settlers think was "gold"?
A) the corn
B) Indian beads
C) a yellow jessamine flower
D) the sand
  • 14. John Smith said he would let the prisoners go if what happened?
A) John Smith could become an Indian warrior in their tribe.
B) The natives came back to London with them.
C) Powhatan gave him their land.
D) Pocahontas came to their village to get them.
  • 15. Why did the English take the natives as prisoners?
A) They were not truthful about having gold.
B) They fired arrows at the English village.
C) The natives sank one of the large English ships.
D) They tried to steal the guns and tools of the English.
  • 16. What gift of friendship did Captain Newport give to King Powhatan?
A) a crystal bowl
B) a wooden bed
C) a faithful servant
D) a wool blanket
  • 17. What terrible event occurred in the English village?
A) a disease spread through Jamestown
B) a chimney spark started a fire
C) the settlers had no clean water to drink
D) the men ate poisonous berries
  • 18. What promise did John Smith make to Pocahontas?
A) to teach her how to write in English
B) to never leave her village
C) to give her clothes from England
D) to take her to England with him
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