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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which colonel led the volunteer militias that were so brutal to Indians?
(a) Colonel Michael Allen.
(b) Colonel John Chivington.
(c) Colonel Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) Colonel Stanley McChrystal.

2. What tribe did Metacomet belong to?
(a) The Cheyenne Tribe.
(b) The Cherokee Tribe.
(c) The Arapaho Tribe.
(d) The Wampanoag Tribe.

3. Who is the author of the poem that begins the prologue section?
(a) William Gibson.
(b) Bertolt Brecht.
(c) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(d) Chief Red Feather.

4. What was the title of the first novel ever written by a Native person?
(a) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
(b) The Drum Circle.
(c) The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta.
(d) Don Quixote.

5. Which city does the narrator focus on as a center for urban Indians?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York City.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Oakland.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1637, colonists massacred hundreds of Pequot Indians at what event?

2. In the old Cheyenne folktale about the rolling head, what creature does the husband find his wife with?

3. Which food is mentioned in the prologue as Native but not traditional?

4. In what year did Chief Massasoit's land deal with the colonists take place?

5. What word does Orange mention that describes an Indian that supposedly acts white?

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