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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the fancy clothes and dueling pistols tell Judith?

2. What does Judith try to find out from Deerslayer?

3. What convinces Deerslayer that the chess pieces are not idols?

4. What does Judith find inside the chest?

5. What new value does the old chest take on at that time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are the Iroquois there in that area?

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

4. What action does Deerslayer take that allows Chingachgook and Wah-ta-Wah to escape?

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

6. Why are the Iroquois not angered when they discover that Hutter and Harry are there to collect scalps?

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

8. After they take the Ark back to Muskrat Castle, how do they propose to keep the Iroquois from attacking them?

9. How does Hetty manage to enter the Iroquois encampment?

10. Describe Harry and Deerslayer as they emerge from the woods at the beginning of the novel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write about cliffhangers in novels and movies that make you want to know more. Give examples from movies and TV shows that end in such a way you want to know what is going to happen next. Many movies do that to get people anxious for the sequel. TV shows usually do that on the last episode of the season so that people will want to watch again next year. Pick out a few of those you remember and write how they made you feel.

Essay Topic 2

Write what you think it would be like to live on a boat. Let your imagination soar as you describe living on a boat. Where is the boat? Where would you go? How often would you go to land? What would you eat? What entertainment would you have?

Essay Topic 3

Write your idea of living in a large house on an island in the middle of a lake. Cover such questions as (1) why you would put your house there, (2) what the house would look like, and (3) how you would travel to the lake shore.

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