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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Harry and Hutter planning when they get to the Iroquois encampment?
(a) Enlisting them to help guard Muskrat Castle
(b) Carrying off two of their women
(c) Taking Indian scalps
(d) Taking the chief hostage

2. What is the argument between Harry Marsh and Deerslayer?
(a) An argument about the character of Native Americans
(b) An argument about the location of the Hutter family
(c) An argument about the best way to hunt deer
(d) An argument about the value of the land

3. When the Iroquois dies, what does Deerslayer refuse to do?
(a) Take his scalp
(b) Take his rifle
(c) Row back to the island
(d) Throw his body into the lake

4. What shows the strong character of Deerslayer in the opening of the novel?
(a) His willingness to compromise for a friend
(b) His insistance on having the land surveyed
(c) His refusal to take part in any war
(d) His promise to go to the authorities if anything were to happen to any man who marries Judith.

5. What does the discussion about scalping do for the novel?
(a) It proves that both white and Indian men are without morality.
(b) It foreshadows what will happen to Judith and Hetty.
(c) It sets up an ongoing conflict throughout the story.
(d) It gives historical background to the Seven Years War.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the house is secure, what does Deerslayer agree to do?

2. What comparisons do they discuss regarding physical beauty?

3. Why does Hutter want to attack the Iroquois encampments?

4. What does the dying Iroquois say to Deerslayer?

5. How do Harry March and Deerslayer get to Muskrat Castle?

(see the answer key)

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