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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When Deerslayer realizes Harry and Hutter have been taken captive, what does he do?
(a) He wakes the girls and gives them guns.
(b) He goes ashore and heads for the garrison.
(c) He goes to sleep in his canoe.
(d) He takes Hetty and goes to the encampment.

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

6. What does Judith find inside the chest?
(a) A book of family recipes
(b) A beautiful dress that belonged to her mother
(c) A Bible with the family tree written in it
(d) A diary written by a late aunt

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

8. What possibility causes Hutter a great deal of anxiety?
(a) That Judith might run away with a soldier from the garrison.
(b) That Hetty would be taken by one of the Iroquois braves.
(c) That Judith might open the old chest to find some ransom for them.
(d) That the Iroquois might storm the island and kill Judith.

9. What are Harry and Hutter planning when they get to the Iroquois encampment?
(a) Enlisting them to help guard Muskrat Castle
(b) Taking the chief hostage
(c) Taking Indian scalps
(d) Carrying off two of their women

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

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

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

13. Deerslayer fears that Harry and Hutter are up to ____________.
(a) Planning a revenge against the Iroquois.
(b) Planning to join the military.
(c) Planning to make Judith marry Harry.
(d) Planning to betray Chingachgook and take his scalp.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hetty return to the castle?

2. What do they find out when they are trying to open the old chest?

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

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

5. What problem does going to talk with the Iroquois pose for Deerslayer?

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