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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What strange thing do they find in the chest?
(a) A pair of boots that are too small to be Hutter's
(b) A treasure map
(c) A set of silver dinnerware
(d) A sailing device that none of them recognizes

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

3. What are the warriors discussing when Deerslayer and Chingachgook approach the camp?
(a) Where they can find deer to kill.
(b) How they plan to surprise the British.
(c) The elephant chess pieces
(d) Why they are upset at being left with the women.

4. How does Chingachgook disguise himself on the boat?
(a) He dresses like an Iroquois.
(b) He puts on some of Hutter's old clothes.
(c) He shaves his head.
(d) He puts on a soldier uniform he found in the garrison.

5. When the Iroquois dies, what does Deerslayer refuse to do?
(a) Take his scalp
(b) Throw his body into the lake
(c) Row back to the island
(d) Take his rifle

6. What problem does going to talk with the Iroquois pose for Deerslayer?
(a) He thinks it will prevent Chingachgook from regaining his wife.
(b) He does not know how to make contact with the Iroquois.
(c) He does not know the Iroquois language.
(d) He is forced to admit that he had killed an Iroquois warrior.

7. What new value does the old chest take on at that time?
(a) It is mentioned as a possible exchange for Hutter and Harry.
(b) It is suggested that it will hold fine fabrics for the girls to make new dresses.
(c) It is suspected that it will provide for Judith and Hetty.
(d) It is imagined to be filled with contraband.

8. Why does Hetty try to go to the Iroquois encampment?
(a) She believes she can negotiate with the Indians.
(b) She will offer herself in exchange for her father and Harry.
(c) She thinks they will not see her because she is so small.
(d) She wants to warn them about the garrison soldiers.

9. For what does Deerslayer prepare himself?
(a) Fighting Briarthorn
(b) Torture
(c) Escaping
(d) Going without food or water

10. 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 will take them to New York
(d) If he plans to look for her father

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

12. Why does Chingachgook want to go to shore with Harry and Hutter?
(a) He wants to get scalps with them.
(b) He wants to keep an eye on them.
(c) He wants to prove that he is brave.
(d) He wants to kill more deer.

13. Why Deerslayer is more interested in Hetty than in Judith.
(a) Because of Hetty's retarded mental condition
(b) Because Hetty inherited her mother's wealth
(c) Because Hetty is the elder one
(d) Because Hetty is the more beautiful one

14. What do they use to bargain for the lives of Hutter and Harry?
(a) Three deer Chingachgook had killed
(b) The chess pieces
(c) The dueling pistols
(d) The fancy clothes

15. Why does the woman take Hetty into the Iroquois encampment?
(a) She thinks Briarthorn will like Hetty better and leave her alone.
(b) She thinks if she takes Hetty to them, the Iroquois will let her go.
(c) She knows they will not harm her because of her mental condition.
(d) She does not know where else to take her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What plans do Chingachgook and Deerslayer make together?

2. When Chingachgook arrives, why do Judith and Hetty not understand their conversation?

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

4. After the house is secure, what does Deerslayer agree to do?

5. Who comes to see them on the Ark?

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