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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Chingachgook want to go to shore with Harry and Hutter?
(a) He wants to kill more deer.
(b) He wants to prove that he is brave.
(c) He wants to keep an eye on them.
(d) He wants to get scalps with them.

2. When the Iroquois dies, what does Deerslayer refuse to do?
(a) Row back to the island
(b) Throw his body into the lake
(c) Take his rifle
(d) Take his scalp

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

4. What does Judith try to do?
(a) Prevent Deerslayer from going with Chingachgook.
(b) Get Hetty to open the chest again.
(c) Keep Hutter and Harry entertained while Deerslayer and Chingachgook slip away.
(d) Dress as a boy and go with Deerslayer and Chingachgook.

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

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

7. Who comes to see them on the Ark?
(a) Briarthorn and his brother
(b) Men from the garrison
(c) A young Iroquois boy
(d) Chief Ravenoak and a brave

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

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

10. Where do March and Deerslayer finally find the Hutters?
(a) Just arriving back from Philadelphia
(b) In the Delaware village
(c) Visiting with the Iroquois
(d) On their boat called the Ark

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

12. What useful items do they find in the chest?
(a) A tomahawk
(b) A rifle and some ammunition
(c) A set of dueling pistols
(d) Several scalps Hutter has collected

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

14. What happens when Deerslayer turns his back on the Iroquois?
(a) The Iroquois watches him closely to see that he does not return.
(b) He hears the screams of Harry and Hutter coming from the camp.
(c) The Indian tries to kill him but Deerslayer gets the Iroquois instead.
(d) The Iroquois turns around and goes back empty handed.

15. What do the fancy clothes and dueling pistols tell Judith?
(a) They are what is left over from her mother's wedding.
(b) They are probably stolen articles.
(c) They are information she already knew about her parents.
(d) They are not things Hutter would have bought.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they find when they get to the Iroquois encampment?

2. After the house is secure, what does Deerslayer agree to do?

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

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

5. What is in the old chest that is mentioned for the first time?

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