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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. For what does Deerslayer prepare himself?

2. What strange thing do they find in the chest?

3. Who shows up in the Iroquois camp to plead for Deerslayer's life?

4. What is the argument between Harry Marsh and Deerslayer?

5. What warning is Hetty given before she gets to the Iroquois encampment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What items in the old chest particularly delight Deerslayer and Chingachgook?

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

3. Even though he is an expert marksman, what is Deerslayer's attitude about taking any kind of life?

4. Why are the Iroquois there in that area?

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

6. What do they find when they reach the Iroquois encampment to recapture Wah-ta-Wah?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about loyalty and understanding. Refer to the passages where other people are trying to get Deerslayer to run when he has the chance to get away. Only Chingachgook does not. Why? Then refer to the passage where they say their long good-byes. Discuss how this represents true friendship.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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