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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Heywood confronts the guide?
(a) He draws his knife.
(b) He wounds Heywood.
(c) He runs.
(d) He denies being a traitor.

2. What advice does Hawkeye give as they battle the Iroquois?
(a) not to shoot till they can see the whites of their eyes
(b) to keep their heads down
(c) to keep up a constant barrage of gunfire
(d) to conserve their shots

3. Who in the group does not sleep in the cave that night?
(a) Heywood, Hawkeye, and Uncas
(b) Alice, Cora, and Heyward
(c) Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas
(d) Gamut, Alice, and Hawkeye

4. Who does Uncas say are hiding in the woods?
(a) Sioux
(b) Iroquois
(c) Mohicans
(d) Blackfeet

5. What interrupts David Gamut's song in the cave?
(a) a sound that no one can identify.
(b) a rockslide outside the cave
(c) Hawkeye tells him to be quiet
(d) the horses splashing in the pool

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cooper describe the setting of the novel?

2. What is the purpose of Fort Henry and Fort Edward?

3. Who is the Indian waiting with the European?

4. After the men leave, what do Cora and Alice do?

5. Why is Heyward convinced not to pursue Magua?

(see the answer key)

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