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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Iroquois in that area in the first place?
(a) They are expecting to settle there.
(b) They got lost looking for the French.
(c) They are making their way north to join the French.
(d) They are looking for game to kill before winter.

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

3. Why does Hutter want to attack the Iroquois encampments?
(a) To carry off a wife
(b) To collect and sell scalps
(c) To aid the British
(d) To prevent them from attacking first

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

5. What convinces Deerslayer that the chess pieces are not idols?
(a) They find the game board just as Judith had described it.
(b) They are too small to be idols.
(c) They would not be locked in a trunk if they are idols.
(d) There is no book of idolatry in the chest.

6. What is in the old chest that is mentioned for the first time?
(a) It contains Spanish coins that Hutter has been hoarding.
(b) No one knows except Julia's and Hetty's father.
(c) It contains a priceless treasure map.
(d) It is full of priceless books.

7. What does Judith try to do?
(a) Get Hetty to open the chest again.
(b) Keep Hutter and Harry entertained while Deerslayer and Chingachgook slip away.
(c) Dress as a boy and go with Deerslayer and Chingachgook.
(d) Prevent Deerslayer from going with Chingachgook.

8. Who shows up in the Iroquois camp to plead for Deerslayer's life?
(a) Hutter
(b) Chingachgook
(c) Judith
(d) Hetty

9. What useful items do they find in the chest?
(a) Several scalps Hutter has collected
(b) A rifle and some ammunition
(c) A set of dueling pistols
(d) A tomahawk

10. What warning is Hetty given before she gets to the Iroquois encampment?
(a) Not to turn her back on the chief
(b) Not to tell them where she came from
(c) Not to mention the brown bears
(d) Not to mention her father or Harry or Chingachgook

11. What creates a problem for meeting Wah-ta-Wah at the place she tells Hetty for them to find her?
(a) They do not know where the Iroquois have gone.
(b) The Iroquois camp has been moved near the spot.
(c) The Iroquois have Wah-ta-Wah tied to a tree.
(d) They cannot find the place.

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

13. 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.

14. Why does Deerslayer allow himself to be captured by the Iroquois?
(a) So they won't attack the Ark.
(b) So he can find out more about the Iroquois plans.
(c) So he can challenge Brairthorn.
(d) So Chingachgook and Wah-ta-Wah can escape.

15. What is Deerslayer's problem that makes him uncomfortable around Judith?
(a) Her education which makes him feel inferior
(b) Her great beauty
(c) Her reputation for being morally lax
(d) Her disinterest in him

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deerslayer tell Hutter about their rescue?

2. What does Deerslayer say to March when he impulsively shoots a deer just for sport?

3. What new value does the old chest take on at that time?

4. Deerslayer fears that Harry and Hutter are up to ____________.

5. When Deerslayer realizes Harry and Hutter have been taken captive, what does he do?

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