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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 Stanley McChrystal.
(b) Colonel John Chivington.
(c) Colonel Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) Colonel Michael Allen.

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

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

4. Where did the colonists display Metacomet's head after they killed him?
(a) Plymouth Fort.
(b) Roanoake.
(c) New York City.
(d) West Virginia.

5. What was Chief Massasoit's son's name?
(a) Flying Eagle.
(b) Metacomet.
(c) Lackawanna.
(d) Sitting Bull.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which policy involved moving Indians to cities?

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

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

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

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