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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Increase Mather was the youngest of how many brothers?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

2. Sassamon was a Christian minister in what Indian praying town?
(a) Wampapaquan.
(b) Nahauton.
(c) Namasket.
(d) Quebec.

3. In 1600, the population of the Wampanoag numbered approximately how many members?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 5,000.

4. According to the author, the English were particularly brutal when they attacked the Narragansetts' Great Swamp on what date?
(a) December 19, 1675.
(b) September 1, 1675.
(c) August 13, 1677.
(d) November 10, 1674.

5. Who is thought to have mentored John Sassamon?
(a) John Alderman.
(b) Increase Mather.
(c) John Eliot.
(d) James Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Europeans came into contact, most Algonquian settlements lived by what means?

2. Who was fiercely competitive with William Hubbard and even campaigned to discredit Hubbard's account of the war?

3. Nathaniel Saltonstall was selected as a judge for what specific court responsible for the trial and sentence of people for the crime of witchcraft in Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials?

4. The witnesses who testified against Sassamon's accused killers were Patuckson and who?

5. Where was Nathaniel Saltonstall born?

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