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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. In Chapter 1, an Iroquois creation story provided by John Norton was dated from what year?
(a) 1816.
(b) 1826.
(c) 1775.
(d) 1901.

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

3. What is a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Syllogism.
(c) Idiom.
(d) Allegory.

4. Eleazar Wheelock founded the Moor's Indian Charity School in what year?
(a) 1778.
(b) 1754.
(c) 1792.
(d) 1745.

5. John Eliot wrote a series of fictional "dialogues" such as one which is reprinted in Chapter 2 describing a converted Indian named what who returns to his native village?
(a) Penobscot.
(b) Joseph Brant.
(c) Piumbukhou.
(d) Atiwaneto.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was John Eliot born?

2. The Moor's Indian Charity School moved to Hanover, New Hampshire to become what institution?

3. At what age was Samsom Occom first exposed to the teachings of Christian evangelical preachers?

4. When was John Norton born?

5. Where was Eleazar Wheelock born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did a Micmac Indian compare his people's housing structures versus those of the colonists in a text from Chapter 2?

2. How did the differences in literacy between the Indians and colonists affect land deals, as discussed in the Introduction?

3. How did smallpox impact the Native American peoples, as discussed in the Introduction?

4. How does the author describe the oratory skills of the Native Americans in regard to the stereotype in the Introduction?

5. What led Samson Occom to convert to Christianity?

6. In what ways did the Europeans take advantage of the Native Americans regarding land, as discussed in the Introduction?

7. What did a Micmac Indian assert of European wealth in a text from Chapter 2?

8. What story is related in Josiah Jeremy's text from Chapter 1?

9. What tribe is described in Chekilli's creation story from Chapter 1?

10. How does the author describe the Eurocentric view of America's discovery versus the reality of Indian culture in the Introduction?

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