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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How had the soldiers found the Iroquois encampment?
(a) They hear the noise of the warriors enjoying the torture.
(b) On patrol, they run into Harry and he shows them the way.
(c) Hetty finds them and leads them to the Iroquois.
(d) They come upon them by sheer accident.

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

3. What member of Deerslayer's group gets shot in the conflict between the Iroquois and the soldiers?
(a) Wah-ta-Wah
(b) Harry
(c) Judith
(d) Hetty

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

5. Why does Judith feel affection for Deerslayer?
(a) Because she believes she owes it to him
(b) Because of his honesty and moral character
(c) Because she wants to use him to get away from Harry
(d) Because he is so ruggedly handsome

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

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

8. What is on Judith's mind as she goes to bed the night she asked Deerslayer to marry her?
(a) Wondering if she would like being called Mrs. Bumppo
(b) Going west with Dearslayer
(c) A house with a rose garden in front
(d) A secret plan for the next day

9. 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 closes his eyes and expects to die.
(d) He agrees to marry the Iroquois widow.

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

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

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

13. What does chief Ravenoak want to do with Deerslayer?
(a) He wants to keep him as a hostage.
(b) He wants to torture him.
(c) He wants to pardon him.
(d) He wants to take his scalp.

14. What does Judith try to do to stop the torture?
(a) She gets Deerslayer's rifle and threatens to kill Ravenoak.
(b) She dresses in fine clothes from the chest and comes to the Iroquois pretending to be a powerful woman.
(c) She disguises herself as a ghost and tries to frighten the Indians.
(d) She agrees to marry a warrior if they stop the torture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Judith hope she will find in the old chest?

2. Who accompanies Deerslayer to the Iroquois camp?

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

4. What happens to prevent the torture by fire?

5. What surprising thing happens when Deerslayer returns to the Iroquois?

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