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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Phineas Stevens had been captured by what tribe at a young age and had learned their customs and language?
(a) The Cherokee.
(b) The Apaches.
(c) The Catawbas.
(d) The Abenaki people.

2. 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 Chickasaw Indians.
(b) The Catawbas.
(c) The Abenaki people.
(d) The Apaches.

3. Dragging Canoe led Cherokee Indians inclined to fight whom during the American Revolutionary War?
(a) Canadians.
(b) The British.
(c) The French.
(d) Americans.

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) Chief Corn Tassel.
(c) Dragging Canoe.
(d) Lord Germain.

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

6. 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) 1768.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1769.
(d) 1771.

7. In what year did the Delaware Indians give a speech stating their belief that the English caused the French and Indian War, as described in Chapter 4?
(a) 1754.
(b) 1756.
(c) 1763.
(d) 1758.

8. The first text reprinted in Chapter 3 is a "Act of Submission" written by what tribe?
(a) The Narrangansett Indians.
(b) The Apache Indians.
(c) The Cherokee Indians.
(d) The Mohawk Indians.

9. When was Joseph Brant born?
(a) 1762.
(b) 1743.
(c) 1701.
(d) 1708.

10. Chief Pontiac was a leader of what Native American tribe?
(a) The Ottawa people.
(b) The Apache people.
(c) The Cherokee people.
(d) The Ouachita people.

11. In Chapter 4, a speech from 1752 was made by an Abenaki Indian named what to a Massachusetts emissary?
(a) Gachadow.
(b) Garangula.
(c) Cheda.
(d) Atiwaneto.

12. 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) William Johnson.
(b) Joseph Brant.
(c) Alexander McGillivray.
(d) George Morgan.

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

14. Joseph Brant was a military and political leader in what Native American tribe?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Apache.
(c) Mohawk.
(d) Creek.

15. What refers to the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected?
(a) Allimony.
(b) Bribery.
(c) Larceny.
(d) Forgery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Colonel William Crawford born?

3. By what year was it clear the French were defeated by the English, and that Indians allied with the French were soon going to have to deal with the English, according to the author in Chapter 4?

4. What was the name of an Onondaga who gave the governor of New France a speech, essentially calling his bluff, in Chapter 4?

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

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