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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 are Harry and Hutter planning when they get to the Iroquois encampment?
(a) Carrying off two of their women
(b) Taking the chief hostage
(c) Enlisting them to help guard Muskrat Castle
(d) Taking Indian scalps

2. What foolish thing does Hutter attempt to do before he is stopped by Deerslayer?
(a) He tries to kill Harry.
(b) He curses Judith for giving up his chess pieces.
(c) He tries to shoot the retreating Iroquois.
(d) He slaps Judith for opening his chest.

3. When the Iroquois dies, what does Deerslayer refuse to do?
(a) Take his rifle
(b) Row back to the island
(c) Take his scalp
(d) Throw his body into the lake

4. What does Deerslayer say to March when he impulsively shoots a deer just for sport?
(a) It is wrong to kill an animal without intending to eat its meat or make something from its skin.
(b) He must remember the spot so they can collect the deer when they go back to shore.
(c) He should be careful not to shoot a cow by mistake.
(d) He should never fire a rifle from a canoe because it could tip over.

5. What new value does the old chest take on at that time?
(a) It is suspected that it will provide for Judith and Hetty.
(b) It is mentioned as a possible exchange for Hutter and Harry.
(c) It is suggested that it will hold fine fabrics for the girls to make new dresses.
(d) It is imagined to be filled with contraband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Hutter found and shows to March and Deerslayer?

2. What does Judith tell Deerslayer about the chess pieces?

3. When Deerslayer realizes Harry and Hutter have been taken captive, what does he do?

4. Where do March and Deerslayer finally find the Hutters?

5. What do they find when they get to the Iroquois encampment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Harry and Deerslayer as they emerge from the woods at the beginning of the novel.

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

3. When Deerslayer and Harry do not find the Hutter family at the house, what does Harry insist they do?

4. What action does Deerslayer take that allows Chingachgook and Wah-ta-Wah to escape?

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

6. What happens when Deerslayer is interrogated by Ravenoak?

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

8. What do they find when they reach the Iroquois encampment to recapture Wah-ta-Wah?

9. Why are the Iroquois there in that area?

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

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