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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. Who appears on the shore and prepares to attack the people on the Ark?

2. What happens when Deerslayer wakes the following morning?

3. How do Harry March and Deerslayer get to Muskrat Castle?

4. What does Judith find inside the chest?

5. Deerslayer fears that Harry and Hutter are up to ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the circumstances when Chingachgook and Deerslayer locate the Iroquois camp?

2. Discuss Tom Hutter's racial prejudices as Harry March and Deerslayer arrive.

3. After they pick up Chingachgook, what information does he report?

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

5. How do they bargain for the release of Hutter and Harry?

6. What causes Judith and Deerslayer to open the old chest that Hutter always keeps locked?

7. What does Deerslayer believe is the significance to a cluster of bloody sticks he finds?

8. Show Deerslayer's feeling about not killing another human unless absolutely necessary.

9. Why does Deerslayer urge Hetty to leave the Iroquois camp?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the harmful effects of rumor. From the very beginning of the novel, it is clear that Judith has been stained by rumor. Your essay should start with the example of Judith and go into what rumor can do today.

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 about your fears if you lived in the time of The Deerslayer. Imagine you are there where there are bears, mountain lions, wolves and Native Indian tribes who are not all friendly. Be detailed about your feelings.

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