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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Samson Occom die?

2. What is the most severe and common form of smallpox, with a more extensive rash and higher fever?

3. When was Eleazar Wheelock born?

4. What did the French call children of European and Indian parentage?

5. What was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558?

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

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

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

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

6. What were methods of the Native Americans to bolster their numbers, as discussed in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact of European political systems on Native American culture. How did the political structure of Native American civilization change as a result of European influence?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the journey of the Kasihtas in Chekilli's creation story. How does the plight of the tribe metaphorically relate to the plight of Native Americans in the face of colonization?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the text of the Micmac Indian in Chapter 2. What elements of European culture are criticized by the Native American and why?

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