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

2. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, the Kasihtas followed a tribe called what for many years over different kinds of terrain?
(a) The Apache people.
(b) The Micmac Indians.
(c) The Apalachicolas.
(d) The Cherokee people.

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

4. Where did Samsom Occom settle, set up a school, marry, attend to the sick and to burials, and perform other priestly duties?
(a) Windham, Connecticut.
(b) Salem, Massachusetts.
(c) Montauk, New York.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

5. What means to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition?
(a) Ransom.
(b) Bribe.
(c) Coerce.
(d) Treason.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, the Kasihtas proved their seniority among the other tribes by having a great war, and accumulating more what than other tribes?

2. When did Samson Occom die?

3. Where was John Eliot born?

4. Of what tribe was Josiah Jeremy?

5. What refers to a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the children of the daughter of the Great Spirit in John Norton's creation story from Chapter 1. Who raised the children?

2. How involved were Native Americans in colonial society? What does the author write of their role in shaping America in the Introduction?

3. How is John Eliot described in Chapter 2? What did Eliot achieve amongst the Indians?

4. What does the author assert of the attributes and differences between colonial civilization and Native American civilization in Chapter 1?

5. What image of the earth's creation is described in John Norton's creation story in Chapter 1? Who was Norton?

6. What grievances did Powhatan describe in Captain John Smith's text from Chapter 1?

7. What does the author suggest the reader keep in mind regarding Indian oratory history and literacy in the Introduction?

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

9. In what types of structures did the Native Americans reside? What were the attributes of these structures?

10. What text of Samson Occom's is included in Chapter 2? Who was Occom?

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