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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume I, Chapters 1 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take William Fletcher to get to Boston from the area of Springfield to retrieve Hope and Faith Leslie?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 9 days.
(d) 3 days.

2. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “the first civilized inhabitants of the country, of their tribe” (110)?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Songbirds.
(d) Chickens.

3. Whose scalp does the indigenous man who accompanies Digby to the Fletcher home carry (72)?
(a) Samoset.
(b) Sassacus.
(c) Oneco.
(d) Mononotto.

4. The comment that “Such men, inexperienced in the business of life, are like children” (60) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Apposition.
(b) Proposition.
(c) Opposition.
(d) Supposition.

5. Which of the following does Karcher note that Lucy Aikin critiques in the novel (36)?
(a) Depiction of women.
(b) Depiction of Native Americans.
(c) Depiction of Puritans.
(d) Depiction of Europeans.

Short Answer Questions

1. “The only merit claimed by the present writer” in Sedgwick’s preface is which of the following (48)?

2. Which of the following is the birth-name of Faith Leslie?

3. In what year was the Indian Removal Act enacted?

4. In what year does the United States government sign a treaty to “civilize” indigenous peoples east of the Mississippi River?

5. Which of the following does Karcher cite as historical antecedent for Magawisca (24)?

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