Reading Comprehension Test: Pedro's Journal

1. What was Pedro's job on the Ship?

• A. cook
• B. captain
• C. mailman
• D. ship boy

2. What country was Christopher Columbus and his men from?

• A. France
• B. Spain
• C. China
• D. USA

3. What were the names of the 3 ships that sailed for the new land?

• A. La Nina, La Pinta, La Santa Maria
• B. El Nino, El Pinto, El Santo
• C. La Nota, La Pasta, La Nina

4. What route was Christopher Columbus planning to take, but never arrived there?

• A. route to Germany
• B. route to Africa
• C. route to Australia
• D. route to India

5. What was promised to the first man that spotted land?

• A. 1 million dollars
• B. 20, 000 pesos
• C. 10,000 maradevis
• D. 50, 000 rubles

6. What did Columbus promise his men if they did NOT find land by the next day?

• A. a day off
• B. a big party
• C. the men could cut off Columbus's head and return home
• D. a ship

7. Who really spotted land first?

• A. Columbus
• B. one of the natives
• C. Pedro
• D. one of the men

8. Who did the Natives think that Columbus and his men were?

• A. angels from heaven

• B. visitors from another planet
• C. next door neighbors
• D. enemies

9. Why did Columbus want to bring some Natives back to Spain?

• A. to give them gifts
• B. to invite them to a party
• C. to prove that they had discovered land
• D. to prove that they found humans

10. What island did Columbus want to stop and visit on their way back home?

• A. the island full of gold
• B. the island full of children
• C. the island full of silver
• D. the island full of women