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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Cooper describe the setting of the novel?
(a) the bloody area
(b) the back of beyond
(c) the land that time forgot
(d) the foothills of the wilderness

2. Why does Heyward reprimand the Psalmist?
(a) for talking with the Indian scout
(b) for trying to join their group
(c) for not being dressed properly
(d) for making too much noise

3. Who is the Indian waiting with the European?
(a) Hiawatha
(b) Mangua
(c) Uncas
(d) Chingachgook

4. What happens to the treacherous guide?
(a) He escapes without injury.
(b) Hawkeye kills him.
(c) Uncas gets him with an arrow.
(d) He is wounded but not caught.

5. What is Hawkeye's problem during the battle?
(a) He slips on a wet rock.
(b) He sprains his ankle.
(c) He runs out of ammunition.
(d) He loses his eyeglasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncas take to ward off wolves?

2. What do they conclude has frightened the horses?

3. What threat is spotted by Hawkeye near a waterfall?

4. What does the strange sound turn out to be?

5. Who is the man of European stock waiting a few miles westward of Heyward and the Munro girls?

(see the answer key)

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