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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 does Harry advise Deerslayer to do?

2. What gives Chingachgook the idea that the Iroquois have taken over Muskrat Castle during the night?

3. What do Chingachgook and Deerslayer do that morning?

4. What happens when Deerslayer declines to marry the Iroquois woman?

5. Where is Hetty during Deerslayer's escape and recapture?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Deerslayer almost escape the Iroquois?

3. What are the terms the Iroquois give Deerslayer to offer the people on the Ark?

4. What happens when the second torture begins.

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

6. Ravenoak admires Deerslayer's courage and offers him his freedom under what condition?

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

8. Describe the good-byes as Deerslayer prepares to return to the Iroquois.

9. What becomes of the Iroquois by the next morning?

10. What are the circumstances of Deerslayer paddling a canoe up to the house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write a detailed contrast between Deerslayer and Harry Marsh. Play close attention to Deerslayer's character in the way he deals with Judith and Hetty in particular. Notice his friendship with Chingachgook and Wah-ta-Wah. Contrast this to Harry and the way he tries to push himself on Judith, his attitude to Native Americans, and the things he does which are self-centered. Look at his friendship with Hutter in contrast to Deerslayer's friendship with Chingachgook.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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