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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 does Judith tell Deerslayer about the chess pieces?
(a) That they are part of a game she had seen the soldiers play at the garrison.
(b) That they are toys for small children.
(c) That they are decoations for a whatnot stand.
(d) That they are forms of money in India.

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

3. What is in the old chest that is mentioned for the first time?
(a) It contains Spanish coins that Hutter has been hoarding.
(b) It contains a priceless treasure map.
(c) No one knows except Julia's and Hetty's father.
(d) It is full of priceless books.

4. What comparisons do they discuss regarding physical beauty?
(a) Handsome Harry versus Natty Bumppo and Judith versus Hetty
(b) Hutter's daughters versus Native Indian women
(c) Hutter and Harry versus Native Indian warriors
(d) British women versus French women

5. Why does Hutter want to attack the Iroquois encampments?
(a) To collect and sell scalps
(b) To carry off a wife
(c) To prevent them from attacking first
(d) To aid the British

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deerslayer tell Hutter about their rescue?

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

3. What does Hetty reveal to Chingachgook?

4. What happens when Deerslayer grabs the old woman?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why are Harry and Tom Hutter planning to collect Indian scalps?

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

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

6. What does Cooper use to show Hetty's innocence and purity?

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

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

9. What does Deerslayer prevent Chingachgook from doing?

10. Even though he is an expert marksman, what is Deerslayer's attitude about taking any kind of life?

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