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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 it that Hawkeye fears?

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

3. What happens to the evacuees from Ft. Henry?

4. Why does Heyward reprimand the Psalmist?

5. What does Uncas find?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan does Magua have for the group of captives after Cora rejects his advances?

2. What does Col. Munro try to determine about Heyward's preference for Alice as a future wife?

3. How do Heyward, Hawkeye, Uncas, and Chingachgook attempt to capture Magua after they learn that he has betrayed Heyward and the girls?

4. What does Cora learn about Magua's early history?

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

6. After leaving in the opposite direction of the Iroquois, what does the reader learn about Hawkeye?

7. Discuss briefly the noise that is heard outside the cave.

8. Explain what the Iroquois are really after.

9. Explain how David Gamut is allowed to accompany Heyward, Alice, and Cora on the trip to Ft. Henry.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay contrasting Cora and Alice. In your opinion, is there an element of racism in Cora's being the stronger of the two girls and eventually being killed? Is there a weakness in Heyward's expressed preference for Alice? Is Magua's preference for Cora based on racial preference?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the literary glamorization of the American Indian. Use examples of Cooper's descriptions of Indian customs that extol a high ethical standard. Include the representations of Indian bravery as a prerequisite to manhood.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about stereotypes used to describe the American Indian. In you essay cite references in THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS as examples of stereotypes. Discuss how particulars often become generalizations about entire ethnic groups.

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