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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the argument between Harry Marsh and Deerslayer?
(a) An argument about the value of the land
(b) An argument about the best way to hunt deer
(c) An argument about the character of Native Americans
(d) An argument about the location of the Hutter family

2. Why is Hutter concerned at that time?
(a) Pirates who have been seen on the lake
(b) The war between the French and the British and the Indians that are aligned with each of them
(c) The war between the Delaware and the Huron tribes
(d) The difficulty in finding clean water

3. Why is Deerslayer free?
(a) He pretends to be sick and the Indians scare him.
(b) Ravenoak gives him twenty-four hours furlough on his promise to return and face punishment.
(c) Chingachgook arranges for his release.
(d) He slips away from the Iroquois in the night.

4. What possibility causes Hutter a great deal of anxiety?
(a) That Judith might run away with a soldier from the garrison.
(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 Hetty would be taken by one of the Iroquois braves.

5. How do they find Hutter when they enter the house?
(a) He is laughing at the stupid Indians.
(b) He is dying.
(c) He is hanging upside down from the second floor.
(d) He is unconscious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of Harry's prearranged signal, what does Deerslayer hear?

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

3. What is the purpose of the detailed description of the bedroom of Judith and Hetty in the novel?

4. What does Judith keep insisting?

5. Where does Hetty go in the middle of the night?

(see the answer key)

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