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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies Deerslayer to the Iroquois camp?
(a) Harry
(b) Hetty
(c) Chingachgook
(d) Judith

2. Why is Chingachgook coming to that area?
(a) He wants to catch the huge fish that are in the lake.
(b) He is coming to hunt moose.
(c) He is looking for his wife who was abducted by Briarthorn.
(d) He is planning to start a settlement there.

3. Although Deerslayer admires the Indians, what attitude of his lies just under the surface?
(a) He never trusts Indians or frontier white men.
(b) He believes he would never make a good husband.
(c) He does not approve of interracial marriage.
(d) He wants to be free to go to other frontiers.

4. What changes Harry's attitude about taking scalps?
(a) Seeing Hutter dying with his scalp taken
(b) The sorrow of the Hutter girls
(c) The reproach of Wah-ta-Wah
(d) The narrow escape he had from getting his own scalp taken

5. Prior to Hutter and Harry going to the encampment, what does Deerslayer do?
(a) He gives them new mossasins to wear.
(b) He urges them to go without their muskets.
(c) He warns them that what they are planning is wrong.
(d) He shows them how to slip up on the camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scares the two women as they are leaving their hiding place along the shore?

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

3. What is the argument between Harry Marsh and Deerslayer?

4. What strange thing takes place that Judith and Hetty do not understand as they paddle away in the canoe.

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

(see the answer key)

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