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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Judith refuse Harry's marriage proposal?
(a) Because she loves a soldier at the garrison.
(b) Because she is too emotionally upset to think about marriage.
(c) Because she wants to join a convent.
(d) Because she is in love with Deerslayer.

3. What can Hetty not understand as Deerslayer tries to talk with her on the way back?
(a) About the need for guns.
(b) About Judith and Harry.
(c) About Indian customs.
(d) About how Hutter was wrong.

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

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

6. What are the warriors unsuccessful at doing?
(a) Locating the Ark on the lake
(b) Making Deerslayer talk
(c) Finding the canoe that brought Hetty to their camp
(d) Finding Wah-ta-Wah

7. How do they manage to rescue Harry?
(a) They dock the Ark and quickly carry him aboard.
(b) They signal Judith and Hetty in the middle of the lake to go pick him up.
(c) They get close enough to throw him a rope and pull him into the water.
(d) They get to the platform without the Iroquois knowing they are there.

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

9. What is the Indian equivalent of Heaven according to their discussion that morning?
(a) Nirvana
(b) The Great Spirit Home
(c) The happy hunting ground
(d) The cloud land

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

11. What do Chingachgook and Deerslayer do that morning?
(a) Shoot at birds with the rifle Judith gave Deerslayer
(b) Chant prayers in the Delaware language
(c) Take a canoe ride
(d) Help everyone load up the Ark

12. What is Judith's suggestion to Harry?
(a) That he go to the garrison and give them the location of the Iroquois.
(b) That he jump in the lake.
(c) That he go and join the army.
(d) That he take her and Hetty to Philadelphia.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Judith and Hetty want to do now that Hutter is dead?

2. What does Judith do together with Deerslayer?

3. After they talk for a long time, what do Hetty and Judith do?

4. How does Deerslayer react to the first phase of the torture?

5. What does Judith do after Hetty dies?

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