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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What is the argument between Harry Marsh and Deerslayer?
(a) An argument about the character of Native Americans
(b) An argument about the value of the land
(c) An argument about the location of the Hutter family
(d) An argument about the best way to hunt deer

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

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

7. What does Judith tell Deerslayer about the chess pieces?
(a) That they are toys for small children.
(b) That they are decoations for a whatnot stand.
(c) That they are forms of money in India.
(d) That they are part of a game she had seen the soldiers play at the garrison.

8. What does Hetty do to try and win the release of her father and Harry?
(a) She lies down on the ground and begins to cry.
(b) She offers to marry the chief.
(c) She reads Bible passages to them.
(d) She tells them where they can find the French.

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

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

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 her father or Harry or Chingachgook
(c) Not to turn her back on the chief
(d) Not to mention the brown bears

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the bargaining is finished, what happens?

2. What does the dying Iroquois say to Deerslayer?

3. How do Hutter, March, and Deerslayer secure Muskrat Castle on the island in the middle of the lake?

4. Why does Deerslayer allow himself to be captured by the Iroquois?

5. What does Judith try to find out from Deerslayer?

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