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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Hutter found and shows to March and Deerslayer?
(a) A moccasin
(b) A French made rifle
(c) An arrow
(d) Some deer antlers

2. What do they find out when they are trying to open the old chest?
(a) The key is in the pocket of one of Hetty's dresses.
(b) The key is nowhere to be found.
(c) The key is hidden behind a loose stone in the fireplace.
(d) The key is pinned behind a photograph of Judith's mother.

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

4. What was the reaction of the Iroquois about Hutter and Harry wanting scalps?
(a) They think the men were crazy.
(b) They do not believe white men would come for scalps.
(c) Recognizing the importance of scalps, they are not angered.
(d) They discuss taking Hetty's scalp to teach them a lesson.

5. What is the double activity going on as Hetty enters the encampment?
(a) Preparations for war in the encampment and in the garrison.
(b) The torture of Harry and Hutter and the suffering of Deerslayer and Chingachgook.
(c) The breakfast in the encampment and the one on the island.
(d) There are two searches going on--one for Hetty and Hetty's search for her father.

6. How do the men finally manage to grab Wah-ta-Wah?
(a) When she and an old lady go to collect water from the lake.
(b) When Wah-ta-Wah makes a run for her freedom.
(c) When it gets very dark.
(d) When everyone falls asleep.

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

8. What do they find when they get to the Iroquois encampment?
(a) It is on fire.
(b) The soldiers are there.
(c) They are having a war dance.
(d) It is gone.

9. When asked why they came there, what do Hutter and Harry admit?
(a) That they were spies for the soldiers in the garrison.
(b) That they were looking for Iroquois women to capture.
(c) That they had heard the Iroquois had gold.
(d) That they came there for scalps.

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

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

12. What does Judith try to find out from Deerslayer?
(a) If he will take them to New York
(b) If he plans to look for her father
(c) If he has a lover or a wife
(d) Where he heard stories about her reputation

13. What plans do Chingachgook and Deerslayer make together?
(a) To find out where the Iroquois warriors have gone
(b) To go rescue Wah-ta-Wah
(c) To hide Hutter's guns so he cannot make more trouble with the Iroquois
(d) To go hunting for deer meat they can cook on the Ark

14. After the house is secure, what does Deerslayer agree to do?
(a) Take the watch all night long so the others can sleep.
(b) Take Harry and Hutter ashore and return for them on Harry's signal.
(c) Sink all the Indian canoes they found around the lake.
(d) Go on a scalp hunting expedition with Harry and Hutter.

15. What does Chingachgook relate when he arrives?
(a) He sees the scalps of Hutter and Harry.
(b) He has seen the Iroquois encampment and two prisoners.
(c) He sees soldiers marching out of the garrison.
(d) He hears the war drums coming from the Iroquois camp.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Prior to Hutter and Harry going to the encampment, what does Deerslayer do?

3. What does Hetty reveal to Chingachgook?

4. How does Chingachgook disguise himself on the boat?

5. How does Hetty return to the castle?

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