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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who comes to confront Deerslayer?
(a) Briarthorn, the warrior who had kidnapped Wah-ta-Wah
(b) The old woman he had grabbed
(c) No one. He was held captive tied to a tree
(d) The tribal council

4. Why do they move onto the Ark?
(a) They can hide on the water behind the castle.
(b) They want the Iroquois to think they are still in the house.
(c) They have lost all the canoes.
(d) It is easier to defend than the castle.

5. What does Deerslayer discover about Ravenoak's desires?
(a) That he wants to take Judith.
(b) That he wants the rest of the treasure on the Ark.
(c) That he wants Deerslayer to help him defeat the British.
(d) That he wants to attack the British garrison.

6. What disturbs Deerslayer about the chess pieces they find in the chest?
(a) He does not understand how many there are supposed to be.
(b) He thinks Hutter had stolen them because they are ivory.
(c) He cannot imagine what the elephants are.
(d) He thinks they might be idols for strange worship.

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

8. How do Hutter, March, and Deerslayer secure Muskrat Castle on the island in the middle of the lake?
(a) They build a circle of fire around the house.
(b) They find all the canoes hidden along the lake shore and take them to the middle of the lake.
(c) They send a carrier pidgeon to the garrison.
(d) They establish a watch throughout the night.

9. Why is Hetty so sure she is in no danger if she finds the Iroquois?
(a) She believes they will not harm a woman.
(b) She thinks God will protect her.
(c) She thinks they will believe that she is a ghost.
(d) She knows how to speak their language.

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

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

12. What complicates Wah-ta-Wah's rescue?
(a) She does not see Chingachgook when he signals to her.
(b) Wah-ta-Wah has been tied to a tree in the middle of the camp.
(c) She is under guard and there are two warriors watching the camp.
(d) They cannot get close enough without being seen.

13. Who is Deerslayer expecting to meet near the lake?
(a) Chingachgook
(b) Wah-ta-Wah
(c) Garrison soldiers
(d) Hurry Harry March

14. What does Chingachgook want to do?
(a) Go alone to rescue his wife
(b) Take Hetty back to the camp to negotiate the release of his wife
(c) Make a bomb to throw into the Iroquois camp
(d) Trade Hetty for his wife

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What shows the strong character of Deerslayer in the opening of the novel?

2. What does the discussion about scalping do for the novel?

3. How does Hetty return to the castle?

4. What happens when Deerslayer wakes the following morning?

5. Where do March and Deerslayer finally find the Hutters?

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