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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 wounds Heywood.
(b) He draws his knife.
(c) He denies being a traitor.
(d) He runs.

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

3. As what do the hunters identify Heywood's guide?
(a) a Mohawk
(b) a Sioux
(c) a Mohican
(d) a Huron

4. What does Uncas take to ward off wolves?
(a) a firebrand
(b) several large stones
(c) his tomakawk
(d) Hawkeye's rifle

5. After the men leave, what do Cora and Alice do?
(a) climb a tree
(b) hide in the cave
(c) make dummies dressed in their clothes to appear asleep
(d) stand under the waterfall

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes across the Indian scout and the hunter?

2. What does the strange sound turn out to be?

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

4. What threat is spotted by Hawkeye near a waterfall?

5. Who is the man of European stock waiting a few miles westward of Heyward and the Munro girls?

(see the answer key)

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