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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 was a Native American tribe formerly inhabiting western Massachusetts, especially around the confluence of the Deerfield and Connecticut Rivers in Franklin County?
(a) The Nipmuc tribe.
(b) The Pocomtuc tribe.
(c) The Narragansett tribe.
(d) The Mohegan tribe.

2. Metacomet was a war chief or sachem of what Indian tribe?
(a) The Wampanoag people.
(b) The Ouachita tribe.
(c) The Mohegan people.
(d) The Mahican people.

3. John Sassamon's family died during the smallpox epidemic of what year?
(a) 1652.
(b) 1664.
(c) 1612.
(d) 1633.

4. When was John Eliot born?
(a) 1595.
(b) 1612.
(c) 1641.
(d) 1604.

5. What is a domed room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes?
(a) Totem.
(b) Shaman.
(c) Tipi.
(d) Wigwam.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is very likely that John Sassamon was adopted or indentured to the family of whom?

2. What region was the main site of conflict during King Philip's War?

3. The first English settlers arrived in what year, when Sassamon's parents may have welcomed them?

4. The witnesses who testified against Sassamon's accused killers were Patuckson and who?

5. Sassamon was a Christian minister in what Indian praying town?

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