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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. Who appears on the shore and prepares to attack the people on the Ark?
(a) A French brigade
(b) Native Indians who fight for the French
(c) Members of the Delaware tribe
(d) A group of renegade settlers

2. Why is Hutter concerned at that time?
(a) Pirates who have been seen on the lake
(b) The difficulty in finding clean water
(c) The war between the French and the British and the Indians that are aligned with each of them
(d) The war between the Delaware and the Huron tribes

3. When Chingachgook arrives, why do Judith and Hetty not understand their conversation?
(a) They speak French.
(b) They speak in the Delaware language.
(c) They speak only in sign language.
(d) They talk too softly for the girls to hear.

4. What does Judith find inside the chest?
(a) A Bible with the family tree written in it
(b) A book of family recipes
(c) A beautiful dress that belonged to her mother
(d) A diary written by a late aunt

5. Prior to Hutter and Harry going to the encampment, what does Deerslayer do?
(a) He gives them new mossasins to wear.
(b) He urges them to go without their muskets.
(c) He warns them that what they are planning is wrong.
(d) He shows them how to slip up on the camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Deerslayer's problem that makes him uncomfortable around Judith?

2. Hetty's simple religious principles bring out what characteristic in her father and Harry?

3. What is Judith's suggestion about securing the release of Hutter and Harry?

4. Instead of Harry's prearranged signal, what does Deerslayer hear?

5. What does the discussion about scalping do for the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What relationship develops between Judith and Deerslayer?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Discuss the element of rumor in The Deerslayer.

9. How does Cooper show that Hutter trusts Hetty more than he does Judith?

10. What does Deerslayer prevent Chingachgook from doing?

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