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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conversation passes between Deerslayer and the Iroquois?
(a) That he will bring the white women to him.
(b) That he lives with the Delaware.
(c) That the garrison is sending soldiers and the Iroquois are in danger.
(d) How Deerslayer does not want to fight and thinks they should be friends.

2. The men who emerge from the woods in the opening of the novel.
(a) Hurry Harry March and Deerslayer
(b) Briarthorn and Natty Bumppo
(c) Soldiers headed for the garrison
(d) Chingachgook and Thomas Hutter

3. Where does the lake get its name from the locals?
(a) It is called Glimmerglass because of its usually smooth reflecting surface.
(b) It is called the Moat because it protects Muskrat Castle.
(c) It is called Mohican Lake because it was first settled by that tribe.
(d) It is called Hutter's Lake because Thomas Hutter's house is in the middle of it.

4. Why Deerslayer is more interested in Hetty than in Judith.
(a) Because of Hetty's retarded mental condition
(b) Because Hetty inherited her mother's wealth
(c) Because Hetty is the more beautiful one
(d) Because Hetty is the elder one

5. Prior to Hutter and Harry going to the encampment, what does Deerslayer do?
(a) He urges them to go without their muskets.
(b) He gives them new mossasins to wear.
(c) He warns them that what they are planning is wrong.
(d) He shows them how to slip up on the camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Harry and Hutter planning when they get to the Iroquois encampment?

2. When they find the Hutter family, Harry is interested in Judith. In what is Deerslayer interested?

3. When the Iroquois dies, what does Deerslayer refuse to do?

4. What new value does the old chest take on at that time?

5. What shows the strong character of Deerslayer in the opening of the novel?

(see the answer key)

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