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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the Prologue, the author describes King Philip's War as being almost over in what year?
(a) 1616.
(b) 1676.
(c) 1675.
(d) 1648.

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

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

5. Eliot emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, arriving on November 3 of what year?
(a) 1647.
(b) 1631.
(c) 1642.
(d) 1616.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Increase Mather born?

2. A Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians was published in what year?

3. When did the Pequot War begin?

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

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

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