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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. How is Heyward nearly wounded?
(a) by a tomahawk
(b) by a knife in hand to hand combat
(c) by a bullet near his head
(d) by a glancing arrow

2. What is the joyful event at the fort?
(a) celebration for defeating the French
(b) a square dance
(c) the reunion of the girls with their father
(d) a birthday party for the girls' ather

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

4. Why is Col. Munro dejected as he returns to the fort?
(a) He has signed the paper of surrender.
(b) He needs to get Cora and Alice out of harm's way.
(c) He knows they will all be killed.
(d) He knows the battle will go on.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who prevents Cora from being scalped?

2. As what do the hunters identify Heywood's guide?

3. Who is described as possessing muscular features?

4. What saves them from the Frenchman who discovers them?

5. Who spots the four hiding in the back of the cave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Relate how Chingachgook explains why the Mohicans were finally unable to beat back the Iroquois.

2. After Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas leave to find help, what happens back near the cave?

3. What are the arguments Heyward uses to try and get Magua to side with the captives?

4. How do Heyward, David, Cora, and Alice almost escape unnoticed by the Iroquois?

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

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

7. What are some of the problems the group faces as they battle the Iroquois?

8. Explain what the Iroquois are really after.

9. Explain why Hawkeye and Chingachgook dissuade Heyward from going after the wounded Magua.

10. What plan does Magua have for the group of captives after Cora rejects his advances?

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