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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 scares the two women as they are leaving their hiding place along the shore?
(a) A woman's scream
(b) The brown bear family
(c) Deerslayer's cry of pain
(d) The return of the Iroquois warriors

2. How does Cooper describe the massacre of the Iroquois?
(a) He gives only the garrison's side of the conflict.
(b) He describes it in bloody detail.
(c) He glosses over it, mainly talking about the clean up afterwards.
(d) He describes it through the eyes of Deerslayer.

3. What is the difference between his escape from the camp and an escape during a furlough?
(a) Escape from the camp is really impossible.
(b) There is no difference; both are dishonorable.
(c) Escape from the camp is considerd honorable while escape from the furlough is dishonorable.
(d) There is no sport in an escape during a furlough.

4. What gives Chingachgook the idea that the Iroquois have taken over Muskrat Castle during the night?
(a) There seem to be more canoes tied up on the island
(b) Wah-ta-Wah understands how the Iroquois think
(c) It is too quiet on the lake shore
(d) A moccasin floating on the lake

5. After the castle is deserted, what do Judith and Hetty do?
(a) They wait in the middle of the lake because they are too afraid to move.
(b) They make a dash for the Ark.
(c) They paddle to the island and go into the house.
(d) They go around the island to make sure all the Indian have left.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents the Iroquois from attacking Deerslayer, Wah-ta-Wah, and Chingachgook after they free him?

2. The morning after Deerslayer's furlough, what is the main topic of conversation?

3. What happens when Harry and Hutter enter Muskrat Castle that morning?

4. Where is Hutter buried?

5. After they talk for a long time, what do Hetty and Judith do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What becomes of the Iroquois by the next morning?

2. Ravenoak admires Deerslayer's courage and offers him his freedom under what condition?

3. Why does Deerslayer not get away from the Iroquois?

4. After the massacre of the Iroquois, what happens?

5. What happens to Harry and Hutter after they are captured in the house?

6. Why is Hetty allowed to take Deerslayer back to the Indians?

7. What are the circumstances of Deerslayer paddling a canoe up to the house?

8. Describe the good-byes as Deerslayer prepares to return to the Iroquois.

9. What do the girls learn from Hutter as he speaks to them from his deathbed?

10. What do Deerslayer and Chingachgook learn when they return fifteen years later?

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