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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Joseph Mittark was accused of illegitimately selling the lands of his people to whom?
(a) Thomas Dongan.
(b) Joseph Brant.
(c) John Heckewelder.
(d) John Eliot.

2. Joseph Mittark was accused of illegitimately selling the lands of his people to the governor of what state?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) New York.
(d) Virginia.

3. A speech in what year by a Chippewa chief rejected the presumption that the English were simply going to inherit Indian lands gained by the French?
(a) 1756.
(b) 1761.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1658.

4. The older generation of Cherokee who were resigned to making peace were represented by whom during the American Revolutionary War?
(a) Eleazar Wheelock.
(b) Dragging Canoe.
(c) Lord Germain.
(d) Chief Corn Tassel.

5. When was Dragging Canoe born?
(a) 1738.
(b) 1717.
(c) 1708.
(d) 1785.

6. Where was Phineas Stevens born?
(a) Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(b) Montauk, New York.
(c) Sudbury, Massachusetts.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

7. In a speech from 1756, the leaders of what tribe, known for their ferocious fights against the French, plead for support in fighting the French?
(a) The Abenaki people.
(b) The Catawbas.
(c) The Apaches.
(d) The Chickasaw Indians.

8. Delaware Indians strenuously denied the accuracy of the treaty called the Treaty of Fort Pitt in a letter to what American Indian agent in Chapter 5?
(a) Joseph Brant.
(b) George Morgan.
(c) William Johnson.
(d) Alexander McGillivray.

9. When was Colonel William Crawford born?
(a) 1732.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1714.
(d) 1702.

10. Penobscot participated in a land negotiation for an area called what in present-day Maine?
(a) Crystal Bay.
(b) Casco Bay.
(c) Martha's Vineyard.
(d) Pelican Bay.

11. What act among Indian tribes was a crucial part of any diplomatic efforts, as it symbolized friendship and sincerity?
(a) Ritual sacrifice.
(b) Totem sharing.
(c) Gift giving.
(d) Sharing tea.

12. Thomas Jefferson was governor of what state when he urged extermination of Shawnees in Ohio?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Delaware.

13. In Chapter 4, a Cayuga chief described what tribe as warlike and treacherous, when in reality they were peace-loving?
(a) The Catawbas.
(b) The Apaches.
(c) The Delaware Indians.
(d) The Cherokee.

14. George Washington became known by what nickname among the Native Americans for ordering the destruction of around forty Iroquois towns during the Revolutionary War?
(a) "Black Night."
(b) "Monstrous Destroyer."
(c) "Great Bear."
(d) "Town Destroyer."

15. In what year did a Delaware chief named John Killbuck make a speech correctly doubting that the white man will be satisfied with the Ohio River boundary?
(a) 1771.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1768.
(d) 1769.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Walking Purchase gave Pennsylvania as much land as a person could walk in how much time?

2. In the first text from Chapter 5, Oneida Indians express their desire to remain neutral in the conflict in a speech to whom?

3. Who were the Iroquois allied with in the American Revolutionary War?

4. Phineas Stevens had been captured by what tribe at a young age and had learned their customs and language?

5. In the "Act of Submission" printed in Chapter 3, the Native American tribe formally submitted themselves as subjects of what?

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