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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was John Heckewelder born?
(a) 1743.
(b) 1823.
(c) 1604.
(d) 1869.

2. John Norton was born of a Cherokee father and a mother from where?
(a) Scotland.
(b) France.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Ireland.

3. Some estimates indicate case fatality rates of what percentage in Native American populations during smallpox epidemics?
(a) 70-80%.
(b) 80-90%.
(c) 40-50%.
(d) 60-70%.

4. The text by Josiah Jeremy in Chapter 1 relates a story about the first sighting of what?
(a) A French boat.
(b) An Italian boat.
(c) An English boat.
(d) A Dutch boat.

5. Samson Occom is believed to be a direct descendant of what famous Mohegan chief?
(a) Uncas.
(b) Penobscot.
(c) Joseph Brant.
(d) Atiwaneto.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, John Heckewelder relates a "verbatim" account from the Delaware and Mahican Indians of the Dutch landing in an area that is now known as what?

2. Smallpox is believed to have emerged in human populations about what time?

3. Where was John Heckewelder born?

4. Smallpox killed what estimated number of Europeans per year during the closing years of the 18th century?

5. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, Teharonghyawago is given the gift of corn from whom?

(see the answer key)

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