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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What encourages the searchers?
(a) a trail left by Cora and Magua
(b) a trail of coins dropped by someone
(c) a note dropped by Cora
(d) a place where Alice stopped to rest

2. What prevents an Indian from killing Col. Munro?
(a) a shot by Hawkeye
(b) a shot by Uncas
(c) a shot by Duncan Heyward
(d) a shot by General Montcalm

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

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

5. Who is described as possessing muscular features?
(a) Uncas
(b) Hawkeye
(c) Magua
(d) Chingachgook

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Heywood and his party not realize?

2. When does the group prepare to move away from the blockhouse?

3. Why is Col. Munro dejected as he returns to the fort?

4. How do Hawkeye, Uncas, and Chingachgook leave to find help?

5. Who is at war as the novel begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the time and events during which the story begins.

2. What happens to prevent the torture of the captives?

3. Explain what the Iroquois are really after.

4. What does Cora manage to convince the men to do?

5. After leaving in the opposite direction of the Iroquois, what does the reader learn about Hawkeye?

6. What takes place after the slaughter of the refugees from Fort Henry?

7. Describe what happens when a warrior takes a baby as ransom for a woman's shawl.

8. Outline what Heyward tells Cora and Alice about their father while they hide in the cave behind the waterfall.

9. Describe the conflict between Gen. Montcalm and Le Renard.

10. What does Cora learn about Magua's early history?

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