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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The men who emerge from the woods in the opening of the novel.
(a) Briarthorn and Natty Bumppo
(b) Soldiers headed for the garrison
(c) Chingachgook and Thomas Hutter
(d) Hurry Harry March and Deerslayer

2. Hetty's simple religious principles bring out what characteristic in her father and Harry?
(a) Their religious hypocracy
(b) Their lack of education
(c) Their real understanding of cultures
(d) Their open-mindedness

3. Why does Hutter want to attack the Iroquois encampments?
(a) To prevent them from attacking first
(b) To collect and sell scalps
(c) To aid the British
(d) To carry off a wife

4. When they find the Hutter family, Harry is interested in Judith. In what is Deerslayer interested?
(a) Where they got the idea for the Ark
(b) The reason they are hiding on the boat
(c) How the boat is propelled
(d) The construction of the Ark

5. What shows the strong character of Deerslayer in the opening of the novel?
(a) His refusal to take part in any war
(b) His promise to go to the authorities if anything were to happen to any man who marries Judith.
(c) His willingness to compromise for a friend
(d) His insistance on having the land surveyed

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Iroquois dies, what does Deerslayer refuse to do?

2. Why does Deerslayer not raise his rifle against the Iroquois who shot at him?

3. After the house is secure, what does Deerslayer agree to do?

4. Why is Hutter concerned at that time?

5. What does the dying Iroquois say to Deerslayer?

(see the answer key)

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