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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. When was Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians published?
(a) 1612.
(b) 1677.
(c) 1688.
(d) 1658.

2. What is the name of an Algonquian Native American tribe from Rhode Island?
(a) The Pocomtuc tribe.
(b) The Narragansett tribe.
(c) The Mohegan tribe.
(d) The Nipmuc tribe.

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

4. Who served as governor of Plymouth Colony from 1673 to 1680?
(a) William Hubbard.
(b) John Alderman.
(c) Josiah Winslow.
(d) Richard Callicot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The sachem Metacomet was also known by what name?

2. John Sassamon's family died during the smallpox epidemic of what year?

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

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

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

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