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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Eleazar Wheelock born?
(a) Montauk, New York.
(b) London, England.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Windham, Connecticut.

2. After vaccination campaigns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the WHO certified the eradication of smallpox in what year?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1965.

3. The Moor's Indian Charity School moved to Hanover, New Hampshire to become what institution?
(a) Dartmouth College.
(b) Boston College.
(c) Harvard College.
(d) Rutgers College.

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

5. When did Samson Occom die?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1777.
(c) 1792.
(d) 1805.

6. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, an image of the earth is described as sitting on the back of what?
(a) A Great Buffalo.
(b) A Great Fox.
(c) A Great Turtle.
(d) A Great Bear.

7. When did Eleazar Wheelock die?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1615.
(d) 1792.

8. The first known Europeans to reach the Americas were who during the 11th century?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The Portugese.
(c) The Druids.
(d) The Vikings.

9. What is defined as a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Creationism.
(c) Custom.
(d) Myth.

10. When was John Norton born?
(a) Early 1800s.
(b) Early 1750s.
(c) Late 1770s.
(d) Early 1760s.

11. What word did the Delaware and Mahican Indians use for "Supreme Being"?
(a) Metis.
(b) Wigwam.
(c) Mannito.
(d) Atiwaneto.

12. The Mohawk Major John Norton was known as what by his people?
(a) Haudenosaunee.
(b) Teyoninhokovrawen.
(c) Thayendanega.
(d) Tyendinaga.

13. What refers to human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.?
(a) Adhistory.
(b) Prehistory.
(c) Premodernism.
(d) Subhistory.

14. The start of the European colonization of the Americas is typically dated to what year?
(a) 1601.
(b) 1492.
(c) 1459.
(d) 1549.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Mary Jemison captured by the Seneca tribe and taken to western New York?

2. John Norton played a prominent role in what conflict, leading Iroquois warriors from Grand River into battle against American invaders?

3. Where was John Eliot born?

4. When did John Eliot die?

5. John Norton was born of a Cherokee father and a mother from where?

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