The Last of the Mohicans Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1 | Chapter 2

1. Who is at war as the novel begins?

2. How does Cooper describe the setting of the novel?

3. What is the purpose of Fort Henry and Fort Edward?

4. Who does Maj. Heyward elect to lead him and the young Munro women to Fort Henry?

5. Why does Heyward reprimand the Psalmist?

6. What do Heywood and his party not realize?

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 3 | Chapter 4

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

2. Who is the Indian waiting with the European?

3. Who does Uncas say are hiding in the woods?

4. Who comes...
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