Pocahontas Comprehension Test 1
  • 1. What animal did Pocahontas and Nantaquas find caught in a snare?
A) snake
B) eagle
C) bear cub
D) rabbit
  • 2. Why did Nantaquas tell Pocahontas that she could never hunt with him again?
A) She was better at hunting than Nantaquas.
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 talked and scared the birds.
  • 3. What current state is the setting for this book?
A) Florida
B) Maryland
C) South Carolina
D) Virginia
  • 4. What name did the natives call "guns"?
A) flaming torches
B) firesticks
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 bed
B) a toy rattle
C) a necklace
D) a dress
  • 6. What did the settlers name their new village?
A) Jamestown
B) Johnsborough
C) Powhatan's Place
D) King James Village
  • 7. Who was the leader of the English settlement?
A) John Smith
B) Captain Argall
C) John Rolfe
D) Captain Newport
  • 8. Whad did Hapsis say that Pocahontas could do to help John Smith?
A) Tell her father she would marry John Smith
B) Take him to another Indian village
C) Ask for him to be given to her
D) Cry in front of the people at the feast
  • 9. What did the natives use to dry their hands?
A) leaves
B) birch bark
C) feathers
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 heavy cannon
B) worthless beads
C) some old English clothes
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) wheat and barley
D) corn and beans
  • 12. What did Pocahontas find strange about the village of the English?
A) Their roads were paced with stones.
B) There were no women or children.
C) There houses were filled with small pictures of King James.
D) They sang songs about King James all during the day.
  • 13. What did the settlers think was "gold"?
A) the sand
B) Indian beads
C) the corn
D) a yellow jessamine flower
  • 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) The natives came back to London with them.
D) Pocahontas came to their village to get them.
  • 15. Why did the English take the natives as prisoners?
A) The natives sank one of the large English ships.
B) They were not truthful about having gold.
C) They fired arrows at the English village.
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 faithful servant
B) a wooden bed
C) a wool blanket
D) a crystal bowl
  • 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) a chimney spark started a fire
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 take her to England with him
C) to give her clothes from England
D) to never leave her village
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