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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. What is the name of a group of Algonquian Indians native to Worcester County, Massachusetts?
(a) The Nipmuc tribe.
(b) The Narragansett tribe.
(c) The Pocomtuc tribe.
(d) The Mohegan tribe.

2. When did the Pequot War begin?
(a) 1615.
(b) 1654.
(c) 1662.
(d) 1634.

3. Sassamon was a Christian minister in what Indian praying town?
(a) Namasket.
(b) Wampapaquan.
(c) Quebec.
(d) Nahauton.

4. What, according to the author, is in many ways a simple tool and is often controlled by the powerful, because it can be used to change minds?
(a) Literacy.
(b) Religion.
(c) Voting rights.
(d) Mythology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the villages of Christian Indians called?

2. Where was John Sassamon born?

3. What was the capital city of the Massachusetts Bay colony?

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

5. John Eliot's efforts as a missionary earned him what nickname?

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