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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Cora during the fight?
(a) Her shoulder is grazed by an axe.
(b) She is used as a shield by a Huron.
(c) She is hit in the foot by a bullet.
(d) She catches an arrow in her shoulder.

3. What does Heywood demand of Renard?
(a) that he leave
(b) that he translate
(c) that he protect the girls
(d) that he go for help

4. What does one of the Huron threaten to do to Alice?
(a) throw her into the river
(b) cut her face with his knife
(c) scalp her
(d) shoot her

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

6. What does Cora suggest the men do?
(a) Leave them in the cave and go by river to seek help.
(b) Wait until dark to slip away.
(c) Turn the women over to the Iroquois.
(d) Build a big signal fire.

7. After the Indian ambush, who are out looking for Cora and Alice?
(a) Uncas and his father, Hawkeye, Munro, and Heyward
(b) soldiers from the garrison
(c) the Mohicans
(d) Montcalm and his men

8. What do they place in front of the covering to the back of the cave?
(a) bird nests
(b) tree branches
(c) large rocks
(d) the horses

9. What does the strange sound turn out to be?
(a) an Indian war cry
(b) a goat caught in brambles
(c) a large owl
(d) a horse in pain or terror

10. What request does Heyward make of Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas?
(a) to find disguises for the women
(b) to give them something to eat
(c) to hunt down the Iroquois
(d) to guide them to Ft. Henry

11. What do they use over the entrance to the back of the cave?
(a) blankets
(b) large rocks
(c) the horses
(d) nothing, the waterfall covers it

12. What is one of the rewards Heyward promises Renard if he helps them?
(a) Cora as his wife
(b) a trip to England
(c) a river of firewater
(d) ten horses

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

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

15. Where did Munro meet the girls' mother?
(a) in Africa
(b) in Canada
(c) in the West Indies
(d) in Florida

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Magua's background?

2. What happens to Heyward when he tries to defend Alice?

3. What is Magua's objection to the surrender treaty?

4. What do the Iroquois do in the outer cave?

5. What prevents an Indian from killing Col. Munro?

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