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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What possibility causes Hutter a great deal of anxiety?
(a) That Hetty would be taken by one of the Iroquois braves.
(b) That the Iroquois might storm the island and kill Judith.
(c) That Judith might open the old chest to find some ransom for them.
(d) That Judith might run away with a soldier from the garrison.

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

3. What unexpected thing does Hetty do before they realize it?
(a) She sets fire to the house.
(b) She tries to swim ashore and drowns.
(c) She takes a canoe and paddles to the lake shore.
(d) She takes an axe and chops open the old chest.

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

5. When Deerslayer realizes Harry and Hutter have been taken captive, what does he do?
(a) He goes ashore and heads for the garrison.
(b) He goes to sleep in his canoe.
(c) He takes Hetty and goes to the encampment.
(d) He wakes the girls and gives them guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Iroquois discover Hetty's mental capacity?

2. Why does the woman take Hetty into the Iroquois encampment?

3. What does the discussion about scalping do for the novel?

4. What does Chingachgook want to do?

5. The men who emerge from the woods in the opening of the novel.

(see the answer key)

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