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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 Hutter do when he discovers that Deerslayer has been captured?
(a) He fires his gun at someone on the shore and kills the warrior's lover.
(b) He insists that they take the Ark to the other side of the lake.
(c) He gets in a canoe and races ashore to find Deerslayer.
(d) He hides behind the old chest.

2. Where do Chingachgook and Wah-ta-Wah see Harry the next morning?
(a) Hanging from a tree on the island
(b) Tied up on the platform in front of the castle
(c) Floating face down in the lake
(d) Sitting in the canoe with Judith and Hetty

3. What happens in the second phase?
(a) Instead of tomahawks, they use rifles and shoot as close as possible to Deerslayer's head.
(b) They hang Deerslayer up by putting pins in his chest and attaching ropes to those.
(c) They make him run through a gauntlet.
(d) They tie him to a tree and allow the squaws and children to throw rocks at him.

4. What can Hetty not understand as Deerslayer tries to talk with her on the way back?
(a) About the need for guns.
(b) About how Hutter was wrong.
(c) About Judith and Harry.
(d) About Indian customs.

5. What does this situation foreshadow for Deerslayer?
(a) Another chance to make his escape
(b) Serious punishment when he returns empty handed
(c) Marriage proposals from both Judith and the Iroquois tribe
(d) A deliverance by the Delaware tribe

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Judith urge him to do?

2. What do they find in the old chest?

3. What amazing feat does Deerslayer do that gives him a chance to run for his life?

4. What is Deerslayer's attitude as he says farewell to his friends before returning to the Iroquois?

5. What is on Judith's mind as she goes to bed the night she asked Deerslayer to marry her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What brings the entire tribe to want him tortured and killed?

2. What unfortunate event causes the woman on the shore to scream?

3. Why does Judith give Deerslayer a special gift?

4. What happens when the second torture begins.

5. What causes Harry to have a change of mind about taking scalps?

6. What action does Harry finally take?

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

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

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

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

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