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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 the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, Teharonghyawago grows up how?
(a) Alone and unloved.
(b) Adored and spoiled.
(c) Rich and powerful.
(d) Peacefully and happily.

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

3. What dealt a terrible blow to many Indian tribes, leading to further dependence on European goods and foolish land deals?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Marijuana addiction.
(c) Opium addiction.
(d) Caffeine addiction.

4. The text by Josiah Jeremy in Chapter 1 is dated when?
(a) 1743.
(b) 1823.
(c) 1604.
(d) 1869.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was John Heckewelder born?

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

3. Of what tribe was Josiah Jeremy?

4. What word did the Delaware and Mahican Indians use for "Supreme Being"?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led Samson Occom to convert to Christianity?

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

3. Why does the author reason that some Indians turned to Christianity in Chapter 2? What was the result?

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

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

6. How did European trade impact the Native American peoples, as discussed in the Introduction?

7. How did the Native Americans receive the Dutch in John Heckewelder's text in Chapter 1? Why?

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

9. What great spirit attacks the central tribe in Chekilli's creation story from Chapter 1? How does the tribe overcome the adversity?

10. What were "client chiefs" and how were they used in controlling the Indians, according to the author in the Introduction?

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