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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 is the first phase of Deerslayer's torture?

2. What are the terms of Deerslayer's furlough?

3. When the Iroquois go after Judith and Hetty in their canoe, how do the girls escape capture?

4. What happens in the second phase?

5. Where is Hutter buried?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Judith's bold plan for freeing Deerslayer?

2. Why is Hetty allowed to take Deerslayer back to the Indians?

3. What happens to foil Judith's plan?

4. What do Deerslayer and Chingachgook learn when they return fifteen years later?

5. Where is the canoe that brought Hetty to shore hidden from view?

6. What causes Harry to have a change of mind about taking scalps?

7. What do the girls learn from Hutter as he speaks to them from his deathbed?

8. After Hutter is buried in the lake, for what does Judith hope?

9. What loss do the others suffer?

10. What are the circumstances of Deerslayer paddling a canoe up to the house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining your idea of the value of human life. This is your personal feeling about the value of human life in terms of the elderly, the unborn, the hungry children in the world, and any other areas you might want to include because you feel strongly about them.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on your opinion of James Fenimore Cooper as an author. Do you like his style? Do you think his story is interesting? What do you think about his vocabulary? Is his story believable? Would he be as successful today as he was in the 1800's?

Essay Topic 3

Write about cliffhangers in novels and movies that make you want to know more. Give examples from movies and TV shows that end in such a way you want to know what is going to happen next. Many movies do that to get people anxious for the sequel. TV shows usually do that on the last episode of the season so that people will want to watch again next year. Pick out a few of those you remember and write how they made you feel.

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