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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 challenge does Wah-ta-Wah deliver to Briarthorn, the man who had kidnapped her?
(a) She challenges him to fight Deerslayer man-to-man.
(b) She challenges him to fight her with knives.
(c) She challenges him to undergo the same tortures as Deerslayer.
(d) She challenges him to fight Chingachgook.

2. What do the Iroquois do when they notice Harry is missing?
(a) They attempt to catch up to the boat in canoes but give up their attempts.
(b) They bring Hutter outside and scalp him alive.
(c) They set fire to Muskrat Castle.
(d) They do not care about Harry because Hutter is the one they want.

3. What does Harry advise Deerslayer to do?
(a) Kill himself to save the rest of them.
(b) Go with him to the garrison.
(c) Run while he has the chance.
(d) Declare war on the Iroquois.

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

5. When the Iroquois go after Judith and Hetty in their canoe, how do the girls escape capture?
(a) They shoot the Iroquois with the dureling pistols.
(b) Chingachgook shoots them from the boat.
(c) A fog rolls in and hides the girls.
(d) The Iroquois break an oar and have to abandon the chase.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will Deerslayer not take the chance to flee?

2. What happens when Judith proposes marriage to Deerslayer?

3. Why do the Iroquois on the island not kill Harry and Hutter?

4. What does Hetty try to do for Deerslayer?

5. What do Chingachgook and Deerslayer do that morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Deerslayer give when Judith tries to suggest she wants to marry him?

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

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

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

5. Why does Judith give Deerslayer a special gift?

6. What is the first torture they use with Deerslayer and how does he react?

7. What is Judith's bold plan for freeing Deerslayer?

8. What loss do the others suffer?

9. What do Deerslayer and Judith find in the old chest?

10. What unusual thing happens while Judith and Hetty are in the canoe?

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