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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was John Sassamon born?
(a) Near current New York, NY.
(b) Near current Washington, D.C.
(c) Near current Boston, MA.
(d) Near current Canton, MA.

2. It is very likely that John Sassamon was adopted or indentured to the family of whom?
(a) Richard Callicot.
(b) Increase Mather.
(c) William Hubbard.
(d) John Alderman.

3. What was the name of the Algonquian language?
(a) Ouachitan.
(b) Nanatuncket.
(c) Mohegan.
(d) Massachusett.

4. John Sassamon was born circa what year?
(a) 1648.
(b) 1600.
(c) 1612.
(d) 1688.

5. Who was the first Englishman to learn the Algonquian language?
(a) John Eliot.
(b) John Sassamon.
(c) Increase Mather.
(d) William Hubbard.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prologue, the author describes King Philip's War as being almost over in what year?

2. What was a Native American tribe formerly inhabiting western Massachusetts, especially around the confluence of the Deerfield and Connecticut Rivers in Franklin County?

3. Who served as governor of Plymouth Colony from 1673 to 1680?

4. Eliot emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, arriving on November 3 of what year?

5. When was Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians published?

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