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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they discover Hutter's real name and background to be?
(a) His real name was Huston and he was once a gambler.
(b) His real name was Hovey and he had been a pirate.
(c) His real name was Jefferson and he was once a lawyer.
(d) His real name was Cooper and he was once a newspaperman.

2. What do Judith and Hetty learn as Hutter lies on his deathbed?
(a) That he killed their mother.
(b) That he is not their real father.
(c) That he forced himself on their mother and she had to marry him.
(d) That they have a sister then never knew.

3. What happens to Deerslayer's canoe as it drifts away from the lake shore?
(a) It is once again captured by the Iroquois.
(b) It begins to sink.
(c) It goes unnoticed by the Iroquois.
(d) It drifts into some reeds and out of sight.

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

5. How do they find Hutter when they enter the house?
(a) He is hanging upside down from the second floor.
(b) He is unconscious.
(c) He is laughing at the stupid Indians.
(d) He is dying.

6. What happens when Judith proposes marriage to Deerslayer?
(a) He is fllattered and agrees to marry her.
(b) He tells her he is already married.
(c) He asks for time to think about it.
(d) He turns her down.

7. What changes Harry's attitude about taking scalps?
(a) The narrow escape he had from getting his own scalp taken
(b) The reproach of Wah-ta-Wah
(c) The sorrow of the Hutter girls
(d) Seeing Hutter dying with his scalp taken

8. Why will Deerslayer not take the chance to flee?
(a) He knows it is futile.
(b) He fears the Iroquois will kill Judith and Hetty if he does not return.
(c) There are Iroquois posted all around the lake.
(d) He must keep his word to Ravenoak.

9. Why do the Iroquois on the island not kill Harry and Hutter?
(a) They want to make them suffer under torture.
(b) They now think they are mentally afflicted like Hetty.
(c) They want to take them to get the rest of the treasure on the Ark.
(d) They are on the island and do not know about the dead woman.

10. What vow does Judith make?
(a) To run away from her father
(b) To liberate Deerslayer
(c) To kill Chief Ravenoak
(d) To trade herself for Deerslayer

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

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

13. What does Judith do after Hetty dies?
(a) She closes Muskrat Castle and prepares to leave.
(b) She burns Muskrat Castle to the ground.
(c) She forgets trying to get Deerslayer to marry her.
(d) She decides to remain in Muskrat Castle out of respect for Hetty.

14. What attitude do Harry and Hutter have about Chingachgook's fears?
(a) They think it is a good opportunity to go ashore and collect scalps.
(b) They brashly insist that the Iroquois could not possibly be in the castle.
(c) They accuse Wah-ta-Wah of agitating her husband.
(d) They listen to him and do not go back to the isalnd.

15. What gives Chingachgook the idea that the Iroquois have taken over Muskrat Castle during the night?
(a) Wah-ta-Wah understands how the Iroquois think
(b) A moccasin floating on the lake
(c) It is too quiet on the lake shore
(d) There seem to be more canoes tied up on the island

Short Answer Questions

1. What promise does Chingachgook make to Deerslayer?

2. What happens to prevent the torture by fire?

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

4. What stipulation does Ravenoak put on Deerslayer's freedom?

5. What is the Indian equivalent of Heaven according to their discussion that morning?

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