Pocahontas and the Strangers 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) She went to Nantaquas to ask for advice.
B) She and Hapsis planned to rescue him.
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 given a new job as Governor in France.
C) He had been killed in a gun explosion.
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 gold mirror
B) a copper kettle
C) a beaded hair comb
D) a silver chain

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

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

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

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

10. What new English name was Pocahontas given?

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

11. What gift was she given by John Rolfe?

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

12. Who did Pocahontas eventually marry?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) 21 years old
C) 42 years old
D) 34 years old

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