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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Judith keep insisting?
(a) That they take the canoes and go looking for Hetty.
(b) That Deerslayer agrees to marry her.
(c) That they find something they can use to barter for her father's release.
(d) That they remain on the island for a few more days.

2. Deerslayer fears that Harry and Hutter are up to ____________.
(a) Planning to betray Chingachgook and take his scalp.
(b) Planning a revenge against the Iroquois.
(c) Planning to join the military.
(d) Planning to make Judith marry Harry.

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

4. What are the warriors discussing when Deerslayer and Chingachgook approach the camp?
(a) The elephant chess pieces
(b) Where they can find deer to kill.
(c) Why they are upset at being left with the women.
(d) How they plan to surprise the British.

5. After Hetty falls asleep in the forest, what does she discover when she wakes up?
(a) It is raining hard
(b) Deerslayer and Chingachgook who finally located her
(c) A cloth filled with food
(d) A family of brown bears

6. Where do March and Deerslayer finally find the Hutters?
(a) Just arriving back from Philadelphia
(b) Visiting with the Iroquois
(c) In the Delaware village
(d) On their boat called the Ark

7. What does Deerslayer find that he interprets as a threat of war?
(a) Red, yellow, and white paint
(b) A dead chicken
(c) Bloody sticks
(d) An arrow stuck in the floor of the Ark

8. Who interrogates Deerslayer?
(a) The old woman he grabbed
(b) Briarthorn
(c) Chief Ravenoak
(d) The tribal council

9. Why does the woman take Hetty into the Iroquois encampment?
(a) She thinks if she takes Hetty to them, the Iroquois will let her go.
(b) She does not know where else to take her.
(c) She knows they will not harm her because of her mental condition.
(d) She thinks Briarthorn will like Hetty better and leave her alone.

10. How do Hutter, March, and Deerslayer secure Muskrat Castle on the island in the middle of the lake?
(a) They send a carrier pidgeon to the garrison.
(b) They build a circle of fire around the house.
(c) They find all the canoes hidden along the lake shore and take them to the middle of the lake.
(d) They establish a watch throughout the night.

11. 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.

12. When they find the Hutter family, Harry is interested in Judith. In what is Deerslayer interested?
(a) How the boat is propelled
(b) Where they got the idea for the Ark
(c) The reason they are hiding on the boat
(d) The construction of the Ark

13. How does Hetty return to the castle?
(a) Her father and Harry bring her back.
(b) She is brought by an Iroquois boy.
(c) Wah-ta-Wah brings her.
(d) She returns alone in a canoe.

14. What do they find when they get to the Iroquois encampment?
(a) The soldiers are there.
(b) It is gone.
(c) It is on fire.
(d) They are having a war dance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the bargaining is finished, what happens?

2. What does Deerslayer say to March when he impulsively shoots a deer just for sport?

3. Why does Chingachgook want to go to shore with Harry and Hutter?

4. Where does the lake get its name from the locals?

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

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