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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Hetty buried?
(a) Where the encampment once stood
(b) Under Muskrat Castle
(c) In the lake near her mother and Hutter
(d) At the garrison

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

4. After the castle is deserted, what do Judith and Hetty do?
(a) They make a dash for the Ark.
(b) They wait in the middle of the lake because they are too afraid to move.
(c) They go around the island to make sure all the Indian have left.
(d) They paddle to the island and go into the house.

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

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

7. Where is Hutter buried?
(a) Behind Muskrat Castle
(b) At the garrison
(c) On the shore at the far side of the lake
(d) In the middle of the lake where he had buried his wife

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

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

10. Although Deerslayer admires the Indians, what attitude of his lies just under the surface?
(a) He never trusts Indians or frontier white men.
(b) He does not approve of interracial marriage.
(c) He believes he would never make a good husband.
(d) He wants to be free to go to other frontiers.

11. The morning after Deerslayer's furlough, what is the main topic of conversation?
(a) Life after death
(b) Wedding plans for Judith and Deerslayer
(c) Things they remember about their childhoods
(d) How to get Deerslayer to escape with his life

12. What is the difference between his escape from the camp and an escape during a furlough?
(a) Escape from the camp is really impossible.
(b) Escape from the camp is considerd honorable while escape from the furlough is dishonorable.
(c) There is no sport in an escape during a furlough.
(d) There is no difference; both are dishonorable.

13. After the discussion about Heaven, what conclusion does Hetty draw?
(a) There really is only one Heaven.
(b) Each ethnic group will go to a different Heaven.
(c) You can find Heaven on earth.
(d) Hutter probably did not go to Heaven.

14. What surprising thing happens when Deerslayer returns to the Iroquois?
(a) He is forgiven and allowed to leave.
(b) He is invited to become an Iroquois.
(c) He is honored for keeping his word.
(d) He is given one of the chess pieces.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to most of the Iroquois?

2. Who do they see paddling in a canoe and coming toward them out on the lake?

3. What are the warriors unsuccessful at doing?

4. Who is the leader of the soldiers that defeat the Iroquois?

5. What happens to prevent the torture by fire?

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