Pocahontas Comprehension Test 1
  • 1. What animal did Pocahontas and Nantaquas find caught in a snare?
A) snake
B) rabbit
C) eagle
D) bear cub
  • 2. Why did Nantaquas tell Pocahontas that she could never hunt with him again?
A) She let the animal go that he found in the snare.
B) She was better at hunting than Nantaquas.
C) She made too much noise as she walked in the woods.
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) firesticks
B) flaming torches
C) lightning rods
D) red, hot clubs
  • 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 necklace
C) a dress
D) a bed
  • 6. What did the settlers name their new village?
A) Jamestown
B) Powhatan's Place
C) Johnsborough
D) King James Village
  • 7. Who was the leader of the English settlement?
A) Captain Newport
B) Captain Argall
C) John Rolfe
D) John Smith
  • 8. Whad did Hapsis say that Pocahontas could do to help John Smith?
A) Take him to another Indian village
B) Cry in front of the people at the feast
C) Ask for him to be given to her
D) Tell her father she would marry John Smith
  • 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) some old English clothes
B) a statue of King James
C) worthless beads
D) a heavy cannon
  • 11. What foods did Pocahontas take to John Smith's village?
A) corn and beans
B) wheat and barley
C) milk and honey
D) fish and turkeys
  • 12. What did Pocahontas find strange about the village of the English?
A) They sang songs about King James all during the day.
B) Their roads were paced with stones.
C) There were no women or children.
D) There houses were filled with small pictures of King James.
  • 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) The natives sank one of the large English ships.
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 wool blanket
B) a faithful servant
C) a wooden bed
D) a crystal bowl
  • 17. What terrible event occurred in the English village?
A) the settlers had no clean water to drink
B) a chimney spark started a fire
C) the men ate poisonous berries
D) a disease spread through Jamestown
  • 18. What promise did John Smith make to Pocahontas?
A) to take her to England with him
B) to give her clothes from England
C) to never leave her village
D) to teach her how to write in English
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