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Pocahontas Comprehension Test 1
Contributed by: Rogers
  • 1. What animal did Pocahontas and Nantaquas find caught in a snare?
A) eagle
B) bear cub
C) snake
D) rabbit
  • 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 was better at hunting than Nantaquas.
C) She talked and scared the birds.
D) She let the animal go that he found in the snare.
  • 3. What current state is the setting for this book?
A) South Carolina
B) Virginia
C) Florida
D) Maryland
  • 4. What name did the natives call "guns"?
A) lightning rods
B) flaming torches
C) red, hot clubs
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 bed
B) a dress
C) a necklace
D) a toy rattle
  • 6. What did the settlers name their new village?
A) King James Village
B) Jamestown
C) Johnsborough
D) Powhatan's Place
  • 7. Who was the leader of the English settlement?
A) Captain Argall
B) John Rolfe
C) John Smith
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) leaves
B) feathers
C) birch bark
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) some old English clothes
C) worthless beads
D) a heavy cannon
  • 11. What foods did Pocahontas take to John Smith's village?
A) wheat and barley
B) corn and beans
C) fish and turkeys
D) milk and honey
  • 12. What did Pocahontas find strange about the village of the English?
A) They sang songs about King James all during the day.
B) There houses were filled with small pictures of King James.
C) Their roads were paced with stones.
D) There were no women or children.
  • 13. What did the settlers think was "gold"?
A) a yellow jessamine flower
B) the corn
C) the sand
D) Indian beads
  • 14. John Smith said he would let the prisoners go if what happened?
A) Pocahontas came to their village to get them.
B) The natives came back to London with them.
C) John Smith could become an Indian warrior in their tribe.
D) Powhatan gave him their land.
  • 15. Why did the English take the natives as prisoners?
A) The natives sank one of the large English ships.
B) They tried to steal the guns and tools of the English.
C) They fired arrows at the English village.
D) They were not truthful about having gold.
  • 16. What gift of friendship did Captain Newport give to King Powhatan?
A) a wool blanket
B) a wooden bed
C) a faithful servant
D) a crystal bowl
  • 17. What terrible event occurred in the English village?
A) the men ate poisonous berries
B) a chimney spark started a fire
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 give her clothes from England
B) to never leave her village
C) to teach her how to write in English
D) to take her to England with him
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