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