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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Judith try to find out from Deerslayer?
(a) If he has a lover or a wife
(b) Where he heard stories about her reputation
(c) If he plans to look for her father
(d) If he will take them to New York

2. What are Harry and Hutter planning when they get to the Iroquois encampment?
(a) Enlisting them to help guard Muskrat Castle
(b) Taking Indian scalps
(c) Taking the chief hostage
(d) Carrying off two of their women

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

4. Where does the lake get its name from the locals?
(a) It is called Glimmerglass because of its usually smooth reflecting surface.
(b) It is called Mohican Lake because it was first settled by that tribe.
(c) It is called Hutter's Lake because Thomas Hutter's house is in the middle of it.
(d) It is called the Moat because it protects Muskrat Castle.

5. What conversation passes between Deerslayer and the Iroquois?
(a) That he will bring the white women to him.
(b) That the garrison is sending soldiers and the Iroquois are in danger.
(c) How Deerslayer does not want to fight and thinks they should be friends.
(d) That he lives with the Delaware.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comparisons do they discuss regarding physical beauty?

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

3. Why Deerslayer is more interested in Hetty than in Judith.

4. How do Harry March and Deerslayer get to Muskrat Castle?

5. What shows the strong character of Deerslayer in the opening of the novel?

(see the answer key)

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