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