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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 let the animal go that he found in the snare.
C) She talked and scared the birds.
D) She was better at hunting than Nantaquas.
  • 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) red, hot clubs
D) lightning rods
  • 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) King James Village
B) Johnsborough
C) Jamestown
D) Powhatan's Place
  • 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) 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) a heavy cannon
B) a statue of King James
C) worthless beads
D) some old English clothes
  • 11. What foods did Pocahontas take to John Smith's village?
A) corn and beans
B) wheat and barley
C) fish and turkeys
D) milk and honey
  • 12. What did Pocahontas find strange about the village of the English?
A) There houses were filled with small pictures of King James.
B) There were no women or children.
C) Their roads were paced with stones.
D) They sang songs about King James all during the day.
  • 13. What did the settlers think was "gold"?
A) the corn
B) a yellow jessamine flower
C) Indian beads
D) the sand
  • 14. John Smith said he would let the prisoners go if what happened?
A) Pocahontas came to their village to get them.
B) Powhatan gave him their land.
C) The natives came back to London with them.
D) John Smith could become an Indian warrior in their tribe.
  • 15. Why did the English take the natives as prisoners?
A) They were not truthful about having gold.
B) They tried to steal the guns and tools of the English.
C) The natives sank one of the large English ships.
D) They fired arrows at the English village.
  • 16. What gift of friendship did Captain Newport give to King Powhatan?
A) a crystal bowl
B) a wool blanket
C) a faithful servant
D) a wooden bed
  • 17. What terrible event occurred in the English village?
A) the men ate poisonous berries
B) a disease spread through Jamestown
C) a chimney spark started a fire
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 teach her how to write in English
C) to never leave her village
D) to give her clothes from England
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