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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the sachem of Sakonnet?
(a) Awashonks.
(b) Weetamoo.
(c) Sagamore Sam.
(d) Quinnapin.

2. What man was one of the first New Englanders to embrace the wilderness?
(a) Church.
(b) Lathrop.
(c) Moseley.
(d) Talcott.

3. What did some Massachusetts authorities consider building when conditions became so desperate and winter was approaching?
(a) A palisade wall.
(b) A fort.
(c) Cannon platforms.
(d) Barracks.

4. What did the English use as a form of currency, especially during the English civil war?
(a) Livestock and crops.
(b) Gold coins.
(c) Letters of credit.
(d) The Indians' shell beads.

5. What was the name of the settlement north of Wessagusett in modern Braintree?
(a) Northfield.
(b) New London.
(c) Merrymount.
(d) Lancaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward the end of the war, what did the New Englanders do with Indian captives?

2. Who was he leader of the Connecticut forces?

3. Who was the only Englishman in Sakonnet?

4. In December 1675, who became the leader of over 1,000 English soldiers?

5. What did the Pilgrims insist be secured before any Native land purchases could proceed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Philip resort to deception to create an alliance with the Mohawks?

2. Who refused to forgive the Pilgrims for "the killing of those poor Indians."

3. Why did the Plymouth's debilitating food shortages end in the fall of 1623?

4. Why in the early 1640s did the Great Migration come to an end?

5. What became the focus of the children and grandchildren of the Pilgrims?

6. What happened because the children of the Pilgrims chose to pursue economic prosperity at the expense of the Indians?

7. What evidence has been found that show the degree to which Western goods became of part of Indian life?

8. What process did Plymouth use to remove potentially dangerous Native men and boys?

9. Why were the Massachusetts planning to attack Wessagusett and Plymouth?

10. Toward the end of the war, what did the Englishmen view as a humane alternative to death and torture?

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