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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 can Hetty not understand as Deerslayer tries to talk with her on the way back?

2. Although Deerslayer admires the Indians, what attitude of his lies just under the surface?

3. What is the first phase of Deerslayer's torture?

4. Who comes to Deerslayer to state her case?

5. When the Iroquois go after Judith and Hetty in their canoe, how do the girls escape capture?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action does Harry finally take?

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

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

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

5. What do the girls learn from Hutter as he speaks to them from his deathbed?

6. Why does Deerslayer not get away from the Iroquois?

7. What loss do the others suffer?

8. After Hutter is buried in the lake, for what does Judith hope?

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

10. Where is the canoe that brought Hetty to shore hidden from view?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Things that might not happen in real life but happen in a novel are true because the author says they are. Write how you feel about that. Do you find it easy to believe preposterous things like witchcraft and monsters just to enjoy a story? On the other hand, perhaps you do not really enjoy that kind of reading and prefer biographies and books of history. Explain yourself clearly.

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 a recommendation for other people to read The Deerslayer Your recommendation may be based on how interesting you found the book or on the idea of its historical significance as written by the first great American novelist.

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