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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. What name refers to the mostly Puritan and Pilgrim immigrants from Great Britain who settled New England starting around 1630?
(a) The English Arrivals.
(b) The Spanish Colonists.
(c) The British Brigade.
(d) The English Colonists.

2. The three men who were accused as the killers of Sassamon were Mattashunannamo, Tobias, and his son, who was named what?
(a) Patuckson.
(b) Wampapaquan.
(c) Nahauton.
(d) Metacom.

3. What word means "shaman" in the language of the Narragansett?
(a) Powwaw.
(b) Tipi.
(c) Pagoda.
(d) Wigwam.

4. How many accounts of King Philip's War represent several types of writing aimed at different audiences, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 21.
(d) 12.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One house, known as what, was burnt in King Philip's War but was rebuilt shortly thereafter near downtown Medfield, Massachusetts?

2. What was the name of the Algonquian language?

3. What is the name of a group of Algonquian Indians native to Worcester County, Massachusetts?

4. Passaconaway is a name which translates to what in English?

5. Medfield, Massachusetts, was first settled in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was John Sassamon involved in King Philip's War, as discussed in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?

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

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

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

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

6. How did the actions of the English impact the Native American people, according to the author in the Prologue?

7. What theories does the author describe for the murder of John Sassamon in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?

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

9. How did the loss of property impact the Puritans, as discussed in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?

10. How were homes used as a metaphor by Nathaniel Saltonstall, as described in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?

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