Pocahontas and the Strangers 2

1. What tradition normally took place when a king was crowned?

A) A song was sung by the people.
B) People did not work on that day.
C) A feast was held in the middle of the town.
D) Guns were fired.

2. What was one of the gifts that Captain Newport gave to Chief Powhatan?

A) an umbrella
B) a glass vase
C) a picture of the London Bridge
D) a wooden bed

3. What gift did Chief Powhatan give to Captain Newport?

A) a deer skin blanket
B) an old, worn fur cloak
C) a shell necklace
D) a tobacco pipe

4. What did it mean when women and children went to the "hiding place"?

A) A suprise festival was taking place.
B) War was to begin.
C) A secret wedding was to occur.
D) Winter was coming.

5. What did Pocahontas do once she overheard that her father was planning to kill John Smith?

A) She and Hapsis planned to rescue him.
B) She went to Nantaquas to ask for advice.
C) She cried and asked her father to let her and John Smith get married.
D) She went in the night to warn John Smith with the news.

6. What news did Tom Savage bring Pocahontas about John Smith?

A) He had been attacked by a bear.
B) He had been killed in a gun explosion.
C) He had been given a new job as Governor in France.
D) He had been taken away to a nearby village.

7. What item did Tassana probably get from Captain Argall for persuading Pocahontas to go on board the ship?

A) a silver chain
B) a beaded hair comb
C) a gold mirror
D) a copper kettle

8. Why was Pocahontas taken as a prisoner by Captain Argall?

A) They were angry at her for her kindness only to John Smith.
B) She had not helped them find any gold.
C) The English wanted to get back their men and guns that had been stolen by the natives.
D) She was an Indian princess.

9. What did it mean to everyone when they heard the bells ringing?

A) The workday was to begin.
B) A wedding was to take place.
C) A visitor had entered their settlement.
D) It was time for church.

10. What new English name was Pocahontas given?

A) Rebecca
B) Mary
C) Elizabeth
D) Emma

11. What gift was she given by John Rolfe?

A) a music box
B) copper earrings
C) a wooden chain
D) a shell necklace

12. Who did Pocahontas eventually marry?

A) Governor Gates
B) Captain Newport
C) John Smith
D) John Rolfe

13. What crop was planted by John Rolfe that the English had not tried to grow before?

A) barley
B) tobacco
C) rice
D) wheat

14. What was the name given to Pocahontas's baby?

A) Thomas
B) Benjamin
C) Robert
D) William

15. What was the weather quite often like in London?

A) gray and rainy
B) hot and sunny
C) humid and dry
D) bright and snowy

16. What animal did Pocahontas's son see and pretend to be that caused such great excitement?

A) an elephant
B) a horse
C) a cat
D) a pig

17. What royalty did Pocahontas meet when she went to the palace?

A) Queen Anne and King James
B) Lady Elizabeth and Lord Earl
C) Princess Isabella and Prince Edward
D) Duchess Maria and Duke Malcolm

18. What did Pocahontas do when John Smith came to see her?

A) smiled brightly and laughed with excitement
B) invited him in for tea
C) went to him and hugged him
D) ran to her bedroom

19. Pocahontas became very sick. Which of the following symptoms did she have with her illness?

A) an ache in her side
B) a high fever
C) a broken ankle
D) pains in her stomach

20. If the English came to her village in 1607 and she had seen eleven summers, how old was Pocahontas when she died if the New Year was 1617?

A) 59 years old
B) 34 years old
C) 21 years old
D) 42 years old

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