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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Italian actor that often played Indian parts in movies and television programs?
(a) Angelo Ribisi.
(b) Iron Eyes Cody.
(c) Matteo Baghetti.
(d) Frederico Fellini.

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

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

4. What does the husband in the old Cheyenne folktale do with the creature after he kills it?
(a) He brings the meat home and serves it to his children.
(b) He chops it up and uses it in a ceremony.
(c) He drinks its blood.
(d) He burns it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the author of the poem that begins the prologue section?

4. What tribe did Metacomet belong to?

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

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