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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do they see paddling in a canoe and coming toward them out on the lake?
(a) Harry
(b) A soldier from the garrison
(c) Ravenoak
(d) Deerslayer

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

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

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

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

6. When the Iroquois go after Judith and Hetty in their canoe, how do the girls escape capture?
(a) They shoot the Iroquois with the dureling pistols.
(b) A fog rolls in and hides the girls.
(c) Chingachgook shoots them from the boat.
(d) The Iroquois break an oar and have to abandon the chase.

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

8. What promise does Chingachgook make to Deerslayer?
(a) That he will take Judith and Hetty to the Delaware.
(b) That he will not return to the Delaware until he knows what happens with his friend.
(c) That he will go with him to the Iroquois.
(d) That he will bury him in the hills if he does not survive.

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

10. What happens to Deerslayer's canoe as it drifts away from the lake shore?
(a) It begins to sink.
(b) It drifts into some reeds and out of sight.
(c) It is once again captured by the Iroquois.
(d) It goes unnoticed by the Iroquois.

11. What strange thing takes place that Judith and Hetty do not understand as they paddle away in the canoe.
(a) The encampment seems to catch on fire.
(b) The Iroquois guard's lover is shot.
(c) An Iroquois boy swims up to their canoe.
(d) The canoe begins to take on water.

12. What does Hutter do when he discovers that Deerslayer has been captured?
(a) He gets in a canoe and races ashore to find Deerslayer.
(b) He insists that they take the Ark to the other side of the lake.
(c) He hides behind the old chest.
(d) He fires his gun at someone on the shore and kills the warrior's lover.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What remarkable thing do the letters reveal?

2. What happens when Judith proposes marriage to Deerslayer?

3. How does Cooper describe the massacre of the Iroquois?

4. What amazing feat does Deerslayer do that gives him a chance to run for his life?

5. Why is Deerslayer free?

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