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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Information about all the land Hutter owned
(d) Some interesting books to read

3. What happens when Deerslayer still refuses to marry the Indian woman?
(a) The Indian woman commits suicide.
(b) The tribe takes it as a collective insult.
(c) Ravenoak puts a gun to his head.
(d) The Iroquois people give up.

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

5. What stipulation does Ravenoak put on Deerslayer's freedom?
(a) He must marry the widow of the man he killed.
(b) He must bring Judith to the encampment to marry a warrior.
(c) He must kill twenty deer to help feed the people.
(d) He must tell the French information about the garrison.

6. Why is Deerslayer free?
(a) Ravenoak gives him twenty-four hours furlough on his promise to return and face punishment.
(b) Chingachgook arranges for his release.
(c) He pretends to be sick and the Indians scare him.
(d) He slips away from the Iroquois in the night.

7. Where is Hetty during Deerslayer's escape and recapture?
(a) She is being chased by an Iroquois boy.
(b) She gets lost in the forest.
(c) She is wandering around in the area of the camp.
(d) She finds a canoe and goes back to the castle.

8. What are the garrison soldiers able to do?
(a) Make the Iroquois run away
(b) Take over the encampment
(c) Arbitrate the differences between Deerslayer and the widow
(d) Entertain the Iroquois

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

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

11. How long is it before Deerslayer and Chingachgook return to the area?
(a) Ten years
(b) Two years
(c) Fifteen years
(d) Twenty years

12. Where does Hetty go in the middle of the night?
(a) To where Judith is waiting for her in the canoe
(b) To the tree where Deerslayer is tied up
(c) To the lake for a drink of water
(d) To the top of a nearby hill

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

14. How does Deerslayer react to the first phase of the torture?
(a) He never flinches during the torture.
(b) He curses the Iroquois.
(c) He agrees to marry the Iroquois widow.
(d) He closes his eyes and expects to die.

15. How do they find Muskrat Castle?
(a) Just like they remembered it
(b) Divided up into classrooms for a boy's school
(c) Deserted as though no one had lived there
(d) Fallen to the ground

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the terms of Deerslayer's furlough?

2. What happens to prevent the torture by fire?

3. What is Judith's suggestion to Harry?

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

5. What does chief Ravenoak want to do with Deerslayer?

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