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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. Who spots the four hiding in the back of the cave?

2. What encourages the searchers?

3. What does Cora suggest the men do?

4. What is the condition of the messenger?

5. How many people march out of Ft. Henry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Outline what Heyward tells Cora and Alice about their father while they hide in the cave behind the waterfall.

2. Describe the time and events during which the story begins.

3. What is the evidence that Cora and Alice have survived?

4. Explain what the Iroquois are really after.

5. After Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas leave to find help, what happens back near the cave?

6. Describe the conflict between Gen. Montcalm and Le Renard.

7. What does Cora manage to convince the men to do?

8. Explain why Hawkeye and Chingachgook dissuade Heyward from going after the wounded Magua.

9. What news is in the letter Hawkeye delivers to Gen. Munro?

10. What happens to prevent the torture of the captives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do some research and write an essay about the practice of scalping. Comparing your research to Cooper's story line, express your opinions about how this practice is mentioned in the text and whether you think it is genuine.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about why the French army did nothing during the massacre of the settlers leaving Fort Henry. Given what we know about Montcalm, explain why this inactivity seems out of character. Then conclude by referring to the French and Indian War which was an extension of the Seven Years War between France and England and the French problem of going against an ally.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about how Cooper's use of different names for characters and Indian tribes in THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS affects the reading. In your opinion is it confusing? Does it require going back and re-reading certain sections of the novel?

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