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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age was Samsom Occom first exposed to the teachings of Christian evangelical preachers?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

2. What word refers to the practice of viewing the world from a European perspective and with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European culture?
(a) Francocism.
(b) Eurocentricism.
(c) Anglicism.
(d) Europeanism.

3. Where was Eleazar Wheelock born?
(a) London, England.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Montauk, New York.
(d) Windham, Connecticut.

4. When was Mary Jemison captured by the Seneca tribe and taken to western New York?
(a) 1769.
(b) 1792.
(c) 1758.
(d) 1790.

5. What dealt a terrible blow to many Indian tribes, leading to further dependence on European goods and foolish land deals?
(a) Caffeine addiction.
(b) Opium addiction.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Marijuana addiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Eleazar Wheelock die?

2. After vaccination campaigns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the WHO certified the eradication of smallpox in what year?

3. When was John Norton born?

4. Samsom Occom had problems with what dying on him, leading him into debt?

5. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, the daughter of the "Great Spirit" has two children, Teharonghyawago and who?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ability did Teharonghyawago gain from the spirit world in John Norton's creation story from Chapter 1?

2. What tribe is described in Chekilli's creation story from Chapter 1?

3. What were "client chiefs" and how were they used in controlling the Indians, according to the author in the Introduction?

4. How involved were Native Americans in colonial society? What does the author write of their role in shaping America in the Introduction?

5. How did European trade impact the Native American peoples, as discussed in the Introduction?

6. What does the author suggest the reader keep in mind regarding Indian oratory history and literacy in the Introduction?

7. How did the Native Americans receive the Dutch in John Heckewelder's text in Chapter 1? Why?

8. Describe the children of the daughter of the Great Spirit in John Norton's creation story from Chapter 1. Who raised the children?

9. How did smallpox impact the Native American peoples, as discussed in the Introduction?

10. In what types of structures did the Native Americans reside? What were the attributes of these structures?

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