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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the discussion about scalping do for the novel?
(a) It proves that both white and Indian men are without morality.
(b) It gives historical background to the Seven Years War.
(c) It sets up an ongoing conflict throughout the story.
(d) It foreshadows what will happen to Judith and Hetty.

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. Hetty's simple religious principles bring out what characteristic in her father and Harry?
(a) Their open-mindedness
(b) Their real understanding of cultures
(c) Their religious hypocracy
(d) Their lack of education

7. How does Hetty return to the castle?
(a) She is brought by an Iroquois boy.
(b) Wah-ta-Wah brings her.
(c) She returns alone in a canoe.
(d) Her father and Harry bring her back.

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

9. 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 treasure map
(d) A sailing device that none of them recognizes

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

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

12. Where does the lake get its name from the locals?
(a) It is called the Moat because it protects Muskrat Castle.
(b) It is called Hutter's Lake because Thomas Hutter's house is in the middle of it.
(c) It is called Glimmerglass because of its usually smooth reflecting surface.
(d) It is called Mohican Lake because it was first settled by that tribe.

13. What are the warriors discussing when Deerslayer and Chingachgook approach the camp?
(a) How they plan to surprise the British.
(b) The elephant chess pieces
(c) Why they are upset at being left with the women.
(d) Where they can find deer to kill.

14. What shows the strong character of Deerslayer in the opening of the novel?
(a) His insistance on having the land surveyed
(b) His promise to go to the authorities if anything were to happen to any man who marries Judith.
(c) His refusal to take part in any war
(d) His willingness to compromise for a friend

15. How do Harry March and Deerslayer get to Muskrat Castle?
(a) On a ferry that runs three times a day
(b) In a canoe March had hidden near the lake
(c) By swimming out to the island
(d) When Thomas Hutter picked them up in his boat

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Deerslayer expecting to meet near the lake?

2. What happens when Deerslayer turns his back on the Iroquois?

3. What foolish thing does Hutter attempt to do before he is stopped by Deerslayer?

4. What conversation passes between Deerslayer and the Iroquois?

5. When they find the Hutter family, Harry is interested in Judith. In what is Deerslayer interested?

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