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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 disturbs Deerslayer about the chess pieces they find in the chest?
(a) He does not understand how many there are supposed to be.
(b) He thinks they might be idols for strange worship.
(c) He thinks Hutter had stolen them because they are ivory.
(d) He cannot imagine what the elephants are.

2. What strange thing do they find in the chest?
(a) A pair of boots that are too small to be Hutter's
(b) A sailing device that none of them recognizes
(c) A treasure map
(d) A set of silver dinnerware

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

4. What creates a problem for meeting Wah-ta-Wah at the place she tells Hetty for them to find her?
(a) The Iroquois have Wah-ta-Wah tied to a tree.
(b) The Iroquois camp has been moved near the spot.
(c) They cannot find the place.
(d) They do not know where the Iroquois have gone.

5. How does Hetty return to the castle?
(a) She is brought by an Iroquois boy.
(b) Wah-ta-Wah brings her.
(c) She returns alone in a canoe.
(d) Her father and Harry bring her back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chingachgook relate when he arrives?

2. What useful items do they find in the chest?

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

4. What was the reaction of the Iroquois about Hutter and Harry wanting scalps?

5. Why is Chingachgook coming to that area?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Deerslayer prevent Chingachgook from doing?

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

5. Discuss the element of rumor in The Deerslayer.

6. After they pick up Chingachgook, what information does he report?

7. Why are the Iroquois there in that area?

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

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

10. After they get the items back into the old chest, what upsets Deerslayer?

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