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