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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distresses Uncas?
(a) He knows the Iroquois have spotted the girls.
(b) Chingachgook is shot in the arm.
(c) His quivver is empty.
(d) He sees a Huron stealing the canoe.

2. What does Montcalm want to know from his guest?
(a) if he knows the Indian Magua
(b) if Ft. Henry has plenty of supplies
(c) if the ladies will come for a visit
(d) if he has come to discuss terms of surrender

3. What is the message for Ft. Henry?
(a) troops from Ft. Edward will arrive by nightfall
(b) a batallion is coming from the north
(c) the French have surrendered
(d) no troops are coming from Ft. Edward

4. Four days after Heywood and the girls enter Fort Henry, who is led to the fort?
(a) Duncan
(b) Uncas
(c) Hawkeye
(d) Montcalm

5. How do Hawkeye, Uncas, and Chingachgook leave to find help?
(a) separately, walking along the banks of the river
(b) floating down the river
(c) headed first in the wrong direction to confuse the Iroquois
(d) Uncas alone and Hawkeye and Chingachgook together

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

7. Who is the Indian waiting with the European?
(a) Chingachgook
(b) Uncas
(c) Mangua
(d) Hiawatha

8. How does Magua know the girls' father?
(a) He joined the Delaware and got access to their father.
(b) He joined the Mohawks and served under their father.
(c) He was once captured by their father.
(d) He became a slave of their father.

9. Who is the man standing outside across the water?
(a) Hawkeye
(b) Colonel Munro
(c) David Gamut
(d) Duncan Heyward

10. What do Cora and Alice believe while in captivity?
(a) that rescue will come
(b) that they will become slaves
(c) that they will be scalped
(d) that they will be forced to marry an Indian

11. When does the group prepare to move away from the blockhouse?
(a) just before dawn
(b) at high noon
(c) when the moon is high
(d) two days later

12. What happens to Heyward when he tries to defend Alice?
(a) His hands are bound.
(b) He is knocked unconscious.
(c) He is made to take Alice's place.
(d) He is shot.

13. Who does Heyward wish to marry?
(a) Cora Munro
(b) an Indian woman
(c) Alice Munro
(d) his fiance back in England

14. What causes the Huron to leave the area of the blockhouse?
(a) a bad smell
(b) a mass grave
(c) the bitter water
(d) a large bear

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Uncas say are hiding in the woods?

2. Who prevents Cora from being scalped?

3. Who is invited to dinner at the French camp under a flag of truce?

4. What does Cora suggest the men do?

5. What encourages the searchers?

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