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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hetty do to try and win the release of her father and Harry?
(a) She offers to marry the chief.
(b) She lies down on the ground and begins to cry.
(c) She reads Bible passages to them.
(d) She tells them where they can find the French.

2. What is the purpose of the detailed description of the bedroom of Judith and Hetty in the novel?
(a) It shows how wealthy Thomas Hutter is and how spoiled the girls are.
(b) It foreshadows the death of Hetty and Judith.
(c) It serves to anticipate the characters of the two girls before they are actually introduced.
(d) It proves that the Hutter family seldom comes to Muskrat Castle.

3. What does Judith keep insisting?
(a) That Deerslayer agrees to marry her.
(b) That they take the canoes and go looking for Hetty.
(c) That they find something they can use to barter for her father's release.
(d) That they remain on the island for a few more days.

4. When Chingachgook arrives, why do Judith and Hetty not understand their conversation?
(a) They speak in the Delaware language.
(b) They speak French.
(c) They talk too softly for the girls to hear.
(d) They speak only in sign language.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Hetty falls asleep in the forest, what does she discover when she wakes up?

2. What was the reaction of the Iroquois about Hutter and Harry wanting scalps?

3. What does Deerslayer have to tell Judith and Hetty?

4. When they find the Hutter family, Harry is interested in Judith. In what is Deerslayer interested?

5. What useful items do they find in the chest?

(see the answer key)

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