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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the old Cheyenne folktale about the rolling head, what creature does the husband find his wife with?
(a) A whale.
(b) A deer.
(c) A snake-like water monster.
(d) A buffalo.

3. In the old Cheyenne folktale, what happens to the rolling head after it drinks the water from the chasm?
(a) The rolling head bursts into flames.
(b) The rolling head becomes confused and drunk.
(c) The rolling head dies.
(d) The rolling head starts singing.

4. In what year did Chief Massasoit's land deal with the colonists take place?
(a) 1702.
(b) 1675.
(c) 1605.
(d) 1621.

5. In 1637, colonists massacred hundreds of Pequot Indians at what event?
(a) Their birthing ceremony.
(b) Their harvest festival.
(c) Their annual leadership conference.
(d) Their annual Green Corn Dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the husband in the old Cheyenne folktale do with the creature after he kills it?

2. Which city does the narrator focus on as a center for urban Indians?

3. Where did the colonists display Metacomet's head after they killed him?

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

5. Which policy involved moving Indians to cities?

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