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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the discussion about scalping do for the novel?
(a) It sets up an ongoing conflict throughout the story.
(b) It proves that both white and Indian men are without morality.
(c) It gives historical background to the Seven Years War.
(d) It foreshadows what will happen to Judith and Hetty.

2. Why do they move onto the Ark?
(a) It is easier to defend than the castle.
(b) They have lost all the canoes.
(c) They want the Iroquois to think they are still in the house.
(d) They can hide on the water behind the castle.

3. What are the warriors discussing when Deerslayer and Chingachgook approach the camp?
(a) How they plan to surprise the British.
(b) The elephant chess pieces
(c) Why they are upset at being left with the women.
(d) Where they can find deer to kill.

4. For what does Deerslayer prepare himself?
(a) Torture
(b) Escaping
(c) Fighting Briarthorn
(d) Going without food or water

5. What is the double activity going on as Hetty enters the encampment?
(a) There are two searches going on--one for Hetty and Hetty's search for her father.
(b) Preparations for war in the encampment and in the garrison.
(c) The breakfast in the encampment and the one on the island.
(d) The torture of Harry and Hutter and the suffering of Deerslayer and Chingachgook.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hutter want to attack the Iroquois encampments?

2. What strange thing do they find in the chest?

3. What unexpected thing does Hetty do before they realize it?

4. How do the men finally manage to grab Wah-ta-Wah?

5. How do Hutter, March, and Deerslayer secure Muskrat Castle on the island in the middle of the lake?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do they bargain for the release of Hutter and Harry?

2. What items in the old chest particularly delight Deerslayer and Chingachgook?

3. What is the purpose of Chingachgook's expected arrival?

4. What causes Judith and Deerslayer to open the old chest that Hutter always keeps locked?

5. Explain how Deerslayer is given the nickname, Hawkeye.

6. What action does Hetty take that points to her mental deficiency?

7. What does Cooper use to show Hetty's innocence and purity?

8. Discuss Tom Hutter's racial prejudices as Harry March and Deerslayer arrive.

9. How does Hetty manage to enter the Iroquois encampment?

10. Show Deerslayer's feeling about not killing another human unless absolutely necessary.

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