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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Deerslayer's problem that makes him uncomfortable around Judith?
(a) Her disinterest in him
(b) Her great beauty
(c) Her education which makes him feel inferior
(d) Her reputation for being morally lax

2. Who appears on the shore and prepares to attack the people on the Ark?
(a) Members of the Delaware tribe
(b) A group of renegade settlers
(c) Native Indians who fight for the French
(d) A French brigade

3. Why does Deerslayer not raise his rifle against the Iroquois who shot at him?
(a) There are women and children standing behind the Iroquois.
(b) He is too far away.
(c) He does not want to take a human life.
(d) He sees Hutter slipping up behind the Iroquois.

4. What does the discussion about scalping do for the novel?
(a) It gives historical background to the Seven Years War.
(b) It foreshadows what will happen to Judith and Hetty.
(c) It proves that both white and Indian men are without morality.
(d) It sets up an ongoing conflict throughout the story.

5. When the Iroquois dies, what does Deerslayer refuse to do?
(a) Take his scalp
(b) Take his rifle
(c) Row back to the island
(d) Throw his body into the lake

Short Answer Questions

1. When Deerslayer realizes Harry and Hutter have been taken captive, what does he do?

2. What happens when Deerslayer wakes the following morning?

3. What happens when Deerslayer turns his back on the Iroquois?

4. Hetty's simple religious principles bring out what characteristic in her father and Harry?

5. Where do March and Deerslayer finally find the Hutters?

(see the answer key)

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