Pocahontas Comprehension Test 1
  • 1. What animal did Pocahontas and Nantaquas find caught in a snare?
A) eagle
B) snake
C) rabbit
D) bear cub
  • 2. Why did Nantaquas tell Pocahontas that she could never hunt with him again?
A) She was better at hunting than Nantaquas.
B) She let the animal go that he found in the snare.
C) She talked and scared the birds.
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) Maryland
C) Virginia
D) Florida
  • 4. What name did the natives call "guns"?
A) red, hot clubs
B) firesticks
C) lightning rods
D) flaming torches
  • 5. What did Pocahontas want to make from the bear skin that the natives might be able to get on their hunt?
A) a necklace
B) a bed
C) a toy rattle
D) a dress
  • 6. What did the settlers name their new village?
A) Johnsborough
B) King James Village
C) Powhatan's Place
D) Jamestown
  • 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) 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) feathers
B) leaves
C) rabbit skins
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) a statue of King James
C) some old English clothes
D) a heavy cannon
  • 11. What foods did Pocahontas take to John Smith's village?
A) fish and turkeys
B) wheat and barley
C) milk and honey
D) corn and beans
  • 12. What did Pocahontas find strange about the village of the English?
A) There houses were filled with small pictures of King James.
B) They sang songs about King James all during the day.
C) There were no women or children.
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) Pocahontas came to their village to get them.
C) The natives came back to London with them.
D) Powhatan gave him their land.
  • 15. Why did the English take the natives as prisoners?
A) They were not truthful about having gold.
B) They fired arrows at the English village.
C) They tried to steal the guns and tools of the English.
D) The natives sank one of the large English ships.
  • 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 men ate poisonous berries
B) the settlers had no clean water to drink
C) a disease spread through Jamestown
D) a chimney spark started a fire
  • 18. What promise did John Smith make to Pocahontas?
A) to give her clothes from England
B) to teach her how to write in English
C) to take her to England with him
D) to never leave her village
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