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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. As he leaves, instead of telling Judith he loves her, what does Deerslayer say to her?
(a) How he never believed the rumors about her
(b) How much he admires her
(c) How much he wants her to marry Harry
(d) How she must not end up like her mother

3. What do the Iroquois do when they notice Harry is missing?
(a) They attempt to catch up to the boat in canoes but give up their attempts.
(b) They do not care about Harry because Hutter is the one they want.
(c) They bring Hutter outside and scalp him alive.
(d) They set fire to Muskrat Castle.

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

5. What does Judith do together with Deerslayer?
(a) Prepare a meal of freshly caught fish
(b) Go for a midnight swim
(c) Examine the contents of the old chest
(d) Make plans to protect Hetty

6. What happens to spoil Judith's plan?
(a) One of the warriors recognizes Judith.
(b) They ask Hetty who Judith is and Hetty cannot lie, admitting that she is her sister.
(c) The Iroquois think she is as incapacitated as Hetty.
(d) Judith's dress begins to unravel because it is so old.

7. What challenge does Wah-ta-Wah deliver to Briarthorn, the man who had kidnapped her?
(a) She challenges him to fight her with knives.
(b) She challenges him to fight Chingachgook.
(c) She challenges him to fight Deerslayer man-to-man.
(d) She challenges him to undergo the same tortures as Deerslayer.

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

9. What does Harry advise Deerslayer to do?
(a) Run while he has the chance.
(b) Kill himself to save the rest of them.
(c) Go with him to the garrison.
(d) Declare war on the Iroquois.

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

11. What do Judith and Hetty want to do now that Hutter is dead?
(a) Judith wants to move to the settlement but Hetty wants to remain at Muskrat Castle.
(b) They want to get married and have families.
(c) They both want to go to New York to live in civilization.
(d) They want to go and live with the Delaware Indians.

12. 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 how Hutter was wrong.
(d) About Indian customs.

13. Why does Deerslayer reject Judith's final marriage proposal?
(a) Because of the rumors Harry told him about her.
(b) Because he thinks it is forward for a woman to ask a man to marry her.
(c) Because he really loved Hetty.
(d) Because he wants to marry a Delaware girl.

14. What do Chingachgook and Wah-ta-Wah do the next morning?
(a) They plan how to take a canoe and desert the white people.
(b) The use the spyglass to survey the lake.
(c) They cook fish they caught in the lake.
(d) They question Judith and Hetty for any information they might have.

15. Who accompanies Deerslayer to the Iroquois camp?
(a) Hetty
(b) Chingachgook
(c) Harry
(d) Judith

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to Deerslayer to state her case?

2. How do they manage to rescue Harry?

3. What does Hutter do when he discovers that Deerslayer has been captured?

4. What strange thing takes place that Judith and Hetty do not understand as they paddle away in the canoe.

5. What promise does Chingachgook make to Deerslayer?

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