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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. The earliest physical evidence of smallpox is probably the pustular rash on the mummified body of whom?

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

3. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, the daughter of the "Great Spirit" has two children, Teharonghyawago and who?

4. Where did Samsom Occom settle, set up a school, marry, attend to the sick and to burials, and perform other priestly duties?

5. What refers to human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What school did Reverend Eleazar Wheelock found? What letters regarding the school are included in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the stories related by Captain John Smith and Josiah Quinney in Chapter 1. What do these narratives relate of the Native American identity and the impact of European colonization?

Essay Topic 2

Describe John Norton and his relationship to the Iroquois people. When did Norton's creation story from Chapter 1 originate?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbolism, themes and meaning of the Iroquois creation myth related by John Norton in Chapter 1. How does this story's structure relate to narrative structures in European folklore?

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