View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four, Memory, Chapter 8, The Curse of Metamora.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1670s the powwaws of many tribes encouraged war in order to do what?
(a) Preserve the Indian way of life.
(b) Appease the gods.
(c) Purify their blood.
(d) Eradicate the colonists.

2. When did Nathaniel Saltonstall die?
(a) 1725.
(b) 1718.
(c) 1707.
(d) 1677.

3. When was Benjamin Church born?
(a) 1689.
(b) 1639.
(c) 1616.
(d) 1701.

4. What was the capital city of the Massachusetts Bay colony?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Jamestown.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Boston.

5. Historians know little of what happened to King Philip's son except that he was sold into slavery and probably shipped where?
(a) To South Africa.
(b) To East Asia.
(c) To England.
(d) To the West Indes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which tribe of Native Americans, in the 17th century, inhabited much of what is now Connecticut?

2. Several hundred native captives were tried and executed or enslaved and sold where?

3. John Sassamon was born circa what year?

4. To whom did Captain Church give a hand of the deceased King Philip?

5. The white population of New England totaled about how many people at the start of King Philip's War?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 179 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample