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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. Led captive by the Iroquois and Renard, which way do they travel?
(a) back toward Ft. Edward
(b) around in circles
(c) toward the sea
(d) away from the forts

2. Who is invited to dinner at the French camp under a flag of truce?
(a) Duncan Heyward
(b) Cora Munro
(c) Colonel Munro
(d) Alice Munro

3. What is one thing Col. Munro says he never thought he would see?
(a) His daughters getting married.
(b) A Frenchman too honest to profit by his advantage.
(c) Indians coming to his rescue.
(d) A battle that lasted more than twenty days.

4. What does Heyward do with the wounded David Gamut?
(a) knocks him out to keep him quiet
(b) ties a gag over his mouth to conceal his groans
(c) cuts the arrow out of his leg
(d) moves him to the back of the cave

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Hawkeye fears?

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

3. Why is Heyward convinced not to pursue Magua?

4. Leaving the safety of the thicket, what do they hear?

5. On their way, what does Heyward continually try to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What keeps the Iroquois (or Huron) from attacking the group at the blockhouse?

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

5. Explain what the Iroquois are really after.

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

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

8. Tell what happens when the hiding place is spotted by the Iroquois.

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

10. What news is in the letter Hawkeye delivers to Gen. Munro?

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