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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. Instead of Harry's prearranged signal, what does Deerslayer hear?
(a) Nothing
(b) A woman scream
(c) War drums
(d) The cry of a wounded moose

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

3. Who comes to confront Deerslayer?
(a) Briarthorn, the warrior who had kidnapped Wah-ta-Wah
(b) No one. He was held captive tied to a tree
(c) The old woman he had grabbed
(d) The tribal council

4. What happens when Deerslayer turns his back on the Iroquois?
(a) The Indian tries to kill him but Deerslayer gets the Iroquois instead.
(b) The Iroquois turns around and goes back empty handed.
(c) He hears the screams of Harry and Hutter coming from the camp.
(d) The Iroquois watches him closely to see that he does not return.

5. What is the purpose of the detailed description of the bedroom of Judith and Hetty in the novel?
(a) It shows how wealthy Thomas Hutter is and how spoiled the girls are.
(b) It foreshadows the death of Hetty and Judith.
(c) It serves to anticipate the characters of the two girls before they are actually introduced.
(d) It proves that the Hutter family seldom comes to Muskrat Castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they find the Hutter family, Harry is interested in Judith. In what is Deerslayer interested?

2. What does Deerslayer find that he interprets as a threat of war?

3. What foolish thing does Hutter attempt to do before he is stopped by Deerslayer?

4. What happens when Deerslayer grabs the old woman?

5. Why Deerslayer is more interested in Hetty than in Judith.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Harry and Hutter when they go ashore to find scalps?

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

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

6. What are the circumstances when Chingachgook and Deerslayer locate the Iroquois camp?

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

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

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

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

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