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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they conclude has frightened the horses?
(a) Magua
(b) a mountain lion
(c) wolves
(d) the Iroquois

2. What is the purpose of Fort Henry and Fort Edward?
(a) coach stations for British travelers
(b) decoys to fool the advancing French army
(c) defense against the invading French
(d) way stations for British soldiers headed for the front

3. Who does Maj. Heyward elect to lead him and the young Munro women to Fort Henry?
(a) the psalmist
(b) Hawkeye
(c) a British sergeant major
(d) an Indian scout

4. How does Cooper describe the setting of the novel?
(a) the foothills of the wilderness
(b) the back of beyond
(c) the bloody area
(d) the land that time forgot

5. What is the secret place where Hawkeye, Chingachgook and Uncas take the major and the Munro girls?
(a) a treehouse in the forest
(b) a hut inside a briar patch
(c) a clearing behind a large rock
(d) a cave behind a waterfall

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does Hawkeye wake everyone to resume their trip to Ft. Henry?

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

3. Why is Heyward convinced not to pursue Magua?

4. What is Hawkeye's problem during the battle?

5. What happens to the treacherous guide?

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