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

2. Where was Eleazar Wheelock born?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) London, England.
(c) Windham, Connecticut.
(d) Montauk, New York.

3. What refers to human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.?
(a) Subhistory.
(b) Adhistory.
(c) Premodernism.
(d) Prehistory.

4. When was John Heckewelder born?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1743.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1604.

5. John Eliot emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, on what ship?
(a) Mercenary.
(b) Lyon.
(c) Albatross.
(d) Kingfisher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was John Heckewelder born?

2. When was Samson Occom born?

3. What word refers to the practice of viewing the world from a European perspective and with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European culture?

4. When did Eleazar Wheelock die?

5. Samsom Occom began to study theology at the "Lattin School" of Eleazar Wheelock in what year?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What ability did Teharonghyawago gain from the spirit world in John Norton's creation story from Chapter 1?

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

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

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