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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gave the Huron the idea that David is insane?
(a) his song during the killing
(b) his playing the harmonica
(c) his dancing during the killing
(d) his funny walk

2. Who do the young men bring to the Delaware camp meeting?
(a) captured soldiers
(b) their wives
(c) captured Hurons
(d) the three strangers

3. What happens to the boy sent to collect rifles?
(a) He is given a hero's welcome.
(b) He escapes any danger.
(c) He is shot in the arm.
(d) He is killed.

4. What makes the work of the men so dangerous?
(a) a change in the weather
(b) foes in front and foes at the rear
(c) Heyward and Munro
(d) Indian scouts

5. Where do the men spend the night?
(a) on the trail of the Iroquois
(b) back at the cave
(c) in the ruin of Fort Henry
(d) in the French camp

6. Why do the Huron allow David to come and go?
(a) They think he is funny.
(b) They think he is mad.
(c) They think he is dangerous.
(d) They think he is lost.

7. How is Hawkeye dressed as they escape?
(a) still as a bear
(b) in a Huron robe
(c) in David's clothes
(d) as a medicine man

8. What does David report?
(a) that the girls are tied to a tree
(b) that the girls are both sick
(c) that the girls are unspoiled
(d) that the Huron quarrel over the girls

9. What is Magua really after?
(a) He wants Alice.
(b) He wants Cora.
(c) He wants volunteers.
(d) He wants a treaty.

10. Why is one of the Huron killed in the camp?
(a) He killed another Huron.
(b) He is mortally wounded.
(c) He tried to steal Alice.
(d) He showed cowardice in battle.

11. Who does the bear turn out to be?
(a) Chingachgook
(b) Uncas
(c) Hawkeye
(d) David

12. What is the symbolism of the attack on the red painted tree?
(a) the elevation of a new chief
(b) a declaration of war
(c) a period of celebration
(d) the beginning of summer

13. What is Heywood's plan?
(a) to be painted as a clown and go to the village as a juggler
(b) to be painted as a Huron and go into the village
(c) to be painted black and go into the village at night
(d) to be painted blue and pretend to be ill

14. Who is the large warrior who shows up?
(a) Hawkeye
(b) Uncas
(c) Magua
(d) Chingachgook

15. What is Heywood left alone with in the cave?
(a) a basket of snakes
(b) a mountain lion cub
(c) Alice's hair ribbon
(d) a bear

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Cora prepared for burial?

2. What resistance does Cora put up?

3. What slows their progress in tracking the Indians?

4. How do they determine which--Heywood or Hawkeye--is Le Longe Carabine?

5. What is the Delaware chief's response when Magua offers to take Cora off his hands?

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