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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 Spanish do with the children of the native people?
(a) Played with them
(b) Took them to Africa
(c) Used them as servants
(d) Sacrificed them

2. What did many natives do when threatened by the Spaniards?
(a) Threw a festival to win over the Spaniards
(b) Hanged themselves
(c) Surrendered
(d) Jumped into the ocean

3. What did the Spanish do to the villages?
(a) Burned them
(b) Praised them
(c) Built them up
(d) Moved them to the mountains

4. How did the natives react to the Spanish when they landed?
(a) They were scared
(b) They welcomed them
(c) They were hesitant about the encounter
(d) They tried to kill them

5. What did Hatuey do with the gold?
(a) Paid off the Spaniards
(b) Hid it in the mountains
(c) Threw it in the river
(d) Buried it

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Spaniards do to Queen Huguanama?

2. What did Avila want to do with the area that he governed?

3. Why did the native people take up arms?

4. What advantage did the Spaniards have over the native people?

5. How many people did the Spaniards kill on the day they decided to go on a killing spree?

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