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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 was the reaction of the Iroquois about Hutter and Harry wanting scalps?
(a) They do not believe white men would come for scalps.
(b) Recognizing the importance of scalps, they are not angered.
(c) They discuss taking Hetty's scalp to teach them a lesson.
(d) They think the men were crazy.

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

3. What useful items do they find in the chest?
(a) Several scalps Hutter has collected
(b) A rifle and some ammunition
(c) A tomahawk
(d) A set of dueling pistols

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

5. When they find the Hutter family, Harry is interested in Judith. In what is Deerslayer interested?
(a) The construction of the Ark
(b) Where they got the idea for the Ark
(c) How the boat is propelled
(d) The reason they are hiding on the boat

Short Answer Questions

1. What plans do Chingachgook and Deerslayer make together?

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

3. Who shows up in the Iroquois camp to plead for Deerslayer's life?

4. Prior to Hutter and Harry going to the encampment, what does Deerslayer do?

5. What do they use to bargain for the lives of Hutter and Harry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Deerslayer believe is the significance to a cluster of bloody sticks he finds?

4. What does Deerslayer prevent Chingachgook from doing?

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

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

7. What relationship develops between Judith and Deerslayer?

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

9. What happens when Deerslayer is interrogated by Ravenoak?

10. Why are the Iroquois not angered when they discover that Hutter and Harry are there to collect scalps?

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