View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Magua hate Cora's father?
(a) He made Magua do woman's work in the fort.
(b) He had Magua whipped publicly for drunkenness.
(c) He made Magua eat off the floor.
(d) He killed Magua's Indian wife.

2. What happens as the Huron see one of their group fall dead?
(a) they hide behind the Munro girls
(b) they are momentarily immobile
(c) they cut Heywood's throat
(d) they run off in all directions

3. What saves them from the Frenchman who discovers them?
(a) Alice's ragged skirts
(b) Heyward's French accent
(c) Chingashgook's pidgin French
(d) Cora's perfect French

4. Who is the man of European stock waiting a few miles westward of Heyward and the Munro girls?
(a) Hawkeye
(b) Prince Henry
(c) Col. Munro
(d) Lance Corporal Pettigrew

5. What is the condition of the messenger?
(a) His hands are bound.
(b) His shirt is bloody.
(c) His head is bandaged.
(d) His arm is broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Magua's downfall

2. What does Magua want Cora to do after becoming his wife?

3. Why is Heyward convinced not to pursue Magua?

4. Who is described as possessing muscular features?

5. Where did Munro meet the girls' mother?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 254 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample