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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Chingachgook and Wah-ta-Wah see Harry the next morning?
(a) Hanging from a tree on the island
(b) Tied up on the platform in front of the castle
(c) Floating face down in the lake
(d) Sitting in the canoe with Judith and Hetty

2. What does Judith hope she will find in the old chest?
(a) Papers that give them a clue as to their real family
(b) Something they can sell for a lot of money
(c) Some interesting books to read
(d) Information about all the land Hutter owned

3. What is Hetty's passing like?
(a) Many friends are gathered around her and she gives them all her love.
(b) She has a great deal of pain before she dies.
(c) Hetty is scared of dying and hold's Deerslayer's hand tightly.
(d) There is great hysteria on the part of Judith.

4. What happened to most of the Iroquois?
(a) Most of them surrender to the soldiers.
(b) Most of them are killed by the soldiers.
(c) Most of them jump into canoes and paddle to the island.
(d) Most of them run away to hide in the forest.

5. What do they find in the old chest?
(a) Instructions for receiving a large inheritance
(b) Old letters that belonged to Judith's mother
(c) Deeds to property that belonged to the girls' mother
(d) Their mother's diary

6. What happens when Deerslayer declines to marry the Iroquois woman?
(a) Ravenoak tries to kill him.
(b) The woman lunges at him with a knife.
(c) The tribe rushes at him trying to tear him limb from limb.
(d) Her late husband's brother throws his tomahawk at Deerslayer's head.

7. What does chief Ravenoak want to do?
(a) Take Deerslayer's scalp
(b) Find Judith and make her watch the torture
(c) Move on to the next phase
(d) End the torture because of Deerslayer's bravery

8. What happens when Harry and Hutter enter Muskrat Castle that morning?
(a) They see that they were right about the castle being empty.
(b) They find Deerslayer there.
(c) The Iroquois are waiting in ambush and capture them.
(d) They kill an Iroquois boy who came there to play.

9. What promise does Chingachgook make to Deerslayer?
(a) That he will take Judith and Hetty to the Delaware.
(b) That he will bury him in the hills if he does not survive.
(c) That he will go with him to the Iroquois.
(d) That he will not return to the Delaware until he knows what happens with his friend.

10. What is Deerslayer's attitude as he says farewell to his friends before returning to the Iroquois?
(a) He is angry that he will die because of Hutter.
(b) He is planning to fight hard for his life.
(c) He is scared of a painful death.
(d) He is resigned to dying.

11. What happens in the second phase?
(a) They tie him to a tree and allow the squaws and children to throw rocks at him.
(b) They hang Deerslayer up by putting pins in his chest and attaching ropes to those.
(c) Instead of tomahawks, they use rifles and shoot as close as possible to Deerslayer's head.
(d) They make him run through a gauntlet.

12. After they talk for a long time, what do Hetty and Judith do?
(a) Start paddling the canoe back to the Ark
(b) Load the dueling pistols and head for the camp
(c) Find a place to sleep in the bushes near the lake
(d) Slip up close to the camp to find Deerslayer

13. What farewell message does Deerslayer give to Wah-ta-Wah?
(a) To convince Judith to go with them to the Delaware
(b) To go back with him to the Iroquois to protect Chingachgook
(c) To be proud of her husband and take care of him
(d) To be careful that she is not abducted again

14. What does Hutter do when he discovers that Deerslayer has been captured?
(a) He hides behind the old chest.
(b) He fires his gun at someone on the shore and kills the warrior's lover.
(c) He gets in a canoe and races ashore to find Deerslayer.
(d) He insists that they take the Ark to the other side of the lake.

15. What do Judith and Hetty want to do now that Hutter is dead?
(a) Judith wants to move to the settlement but Hetty wants to remain at Muskrat Castle.
(b) They want to go and live with the Delaware Indians.
(c) They both want to go to New York to live in civilization.
(d) They want to get married and have families.

Short Answer Questions

1. The morning after Deerslayer's furlough, what is the main topic of conversation?

2. What do the Iroquois offer in return for the women agreeing to return?

3. What is the first phase of Deerslayer's torture?

4. What are the warriors unsuccessful at doing?

5. Why will the tribe not agree to stop the torture?

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