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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians?
(a) William Hubbard.
(b) Increase Mather.
(c) John Sassamon.
(d) John Alderman.

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

3. What is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States?
(a) Hope Bay.
(b) Boston.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Jefferson.

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

5. Who is credited with the founding of Medfield, Massachusetts?
(a) John Alderman.
(b) Richard Callicot.
(c) William Hubbard.
(d) Rev. Ralph Wheelock.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Sassamon was born circa what year?

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

3. Nathaniel Saltonstall was selected as a judge for what specific court responsible for the trial and sentence of people for the crime of witchcraft in Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials?

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

5. Before Europeans came into contact, most Algonquian settlements lived by what means?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the spiritual views of the Native Americans regarding the war in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

2. When did King Philip's War begin, according to the author in the Prologue? What tribes were involved?

3. How does the author describe the competition between Increase Mather and William Hubbard in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?

4. How is Natural Law and Just War theory described in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

5. How is literacy in the colonies described in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?

6. How does the author describe the Puritans' impression of America and Native Americans upon arriving in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?

7. What does the author say regarding literacy as a tool in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?

8. How does the author relate King Philip's War to a holy war in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

9. How is the early life of John Sassamon described in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?

10. What motivations and ethics are described of the Indian tribes for the war in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

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