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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chingachgook relate when he arrives?

2. After the bargaining is finished, what happens?

3. What does the dying Iroquois say to Deerslayer?

4. What do they find when they get to the Iroquois encampment?

5. Why is Hutter concerned at that time?

Short Essay Questions

1. After they pick up Chingachgook, what information does he report?

2. What does Deerslayer believe is the significance to a cluster of bloody sticks he finds?

3. Why does Deerslayer urge Hetty to leave the Iroquois camp?

4. After they take the Ark back to Muskrat Castle, how do they propose to keep the Iroquois from attacking them?

5. Even though he is an expert marksman, what is Deerslayer's attitude about taking any kind of life?

6. What causes Judith and Deerslayer to open the old chest that Hutter always keeps locked?

7. What is the purpose of Chingachgook's expected arrival?

8. Discuss the element of rumor in The Deerslayer.

9. What action does Hetty take that points to her mental deficiency?

10. How does Cooper show that Hutter trusts Hetty more than he does Judith?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about loyalty and understanding. Refer to the passages where other people are trying to get Deerslayer to run when he has the chance to get away. Only Chingachgook does not. Why? Then refer to the passage where they say their long good-byes. Discuss how this represents true friendship.

Essay Topic 2

Write your idea of living in a large house on an island in the middle of a lake. Cover such questions as (1) why you would put your house there, (2) what the house would look like, and (3) how you would travel to the lake shore.

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail the good and bad points of Thomas Hutter. It is often observed that no one is either all good or all bad. Thomas Hutter had both qualities which Cooper brings out in the novel. Describe those qualities by using passages from the novel.

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