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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Harry March and Deerslayer get to Muskrat Castle?
(a) When Thomas Hutter picked them up in his boat
(b) On a ferry that runs three times a day
(c) By swimming out to the island
(d) In a canoe March had hidden near the lake

2. Hetty's simple religious principles bring out what characteristic in her father and Harry?
(a) Their lack of education
(b) Their religious hypocracy
(c) Their open-mindedness
(d) Their real understanding of cultures

3. What happens when Deerslayer turns his back on the Iroquois?
(a) The Iroquois turns around and goes back empty handed.
(b) The Indian tries to kill him but Deerslayer gets the Iroquois instead.
(c) The Iroquois watches him closely to see that he does not return.
(d) He hears the screams of Harry and Hutter coming from the camp.

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

5. What happens when Deerslayer wakes the following morning?
(a) He goes up to the house for breakfast.
(b) He paddles quickly to shore to look for Harry and Hutter.
(c) He makes bird calls to see if Harry will reply.
(d) An Iroquois on shore shoots at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hutter concerned at that time?

2. What does the discussion about scalping do for the novel?

3. Why Deerslayer is more interested in Hetty than in Judith.

4. What unexpected thing does Hetty do before they realize it?

5. What comparisons do they discuss regarding physical beauty?

(see the answer key)

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