Pocahontas Comprehension Test 1
  • 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 talked and scared the birds.
B) She let the animal go that he found in the snare.
C) She made too much noise as she walked in the woods.
D) She was better at hunting than Nantaquas.
  • 3. What current state is the setting for this book?
A) Maryland
B) South Carolina
C) Virginia
D) Florida
  • 4. What name did the natives call "guns"?
A) lightning rods
B) red, hot clubs
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 necklace
B) a bed
C) a toy rattle
D) a dress
  • 6. What did the settlers name their new village?
A) Jamestown
B) King James Village
C) Johnsborough
D) Powhatan's Place
  • 7. Who was the leader of the English settlement?
A) John Smith
B) Captain Argall
C) Captain Newport
D) John Rolfe
  • 8. Whad did Hapsis say that Pocahontas could do to help John Smith?
A) Take him to another Indian village
B) Tell her father she would marry John Smith
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) rabbit skins
C) birch bark
D) feathers
  • 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) 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) There were no women or children.
B) They sang songs about King James all during the day.
C) There houses were filled with small pictures of King James.
D) Their roads were paced with stones.
  • 13. What did the settlers think was "gold"?
A) the corn
B) a yellow jessamine flower
C) the sand
D) Indian beads
  • 14. John Smith said he would let the prisoners go if what happened?
A) Powhatan gave him their land.
B) John Smith could become an Indian warrior in their tribe.
C) Pocahontas came to their village to get them.
D) The natives came back to London with them.
  • 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 wooden bed
B) a wool blanket
C) a faithful servant
D) a crystal bowl
  • 17. What terrible event occurred in the English village?
A) a disease spread through Jamestown
B) a chimney spark started a fire
C) the men ate poisonous berries
D) the settlers had no clean water to drink
  • 18. What promise did John Smith make to Pocahontas?
A) to take her to England with him
B) to never leave her village
C) to teach her how to write in English
D) to give her clothes from England
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