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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The Mainland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the captives begin dying of?
(a) Cancer
(b) Stoning
(c) Malaria
(d) Malnutrition

2. Marién had what kind of mines?
(a) Gold and emeralds
(b) Gold and diamonds
(c) Gold and copper
(d) Gold and silver

3. About how many natives were killed in the Spanish search for gold?
(a) 800,000
(b) 50,000
(c) 4,000,000
(d) 250,000

4. Who tried to intervene when the Spanish captured Hatuey?
(a) A Spanish commander
(b) A Franciscan Friar
(c) Queen Isabella
(d) His wife

5. When one Spanish commander couldn't sleep because of the screams, what did he ask the executioner to do?
(a) Hurry up the death
(b) Take the execution to another part of the island
(c) Cut out the person's tongue
(d) Let the person go

Short Answer Questions

1. Only a small percentage of what was given to the Spanish purse?

2. Pedro Arias de Avila arrived in what year?

3. What did Hatuey call the God of the Spaniards?

4. What did the Spanish send after the people who escaped to the mountains?

5. The natives were given the choice of converting to Christianity and swearing allegiance to Spain or what other choice?

(see the answer key)

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