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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. Who are the men out looking for the group?
(a) Delaware from Ft. Edward
(b) Chingachgooks other son
(c) Magua and other Hurons
(d) soldiers from Ft. Henry

2. What is happening when they finally near the fort?
(a) Montcalm's army is firing on the forts.
(b) All is quiet on the western front.
(c) The fort is being burned to the ground.
(d) The fort has been abandoned.

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

4. What does the strange sound turn out to be?
(a) a goat caught in brambles
(b) an Indian war cry
(c) a large owl
(d) a horse in pain or terror

5. How does Cooper describe the setting of the novel?
(a) the bloody area
(b) the foothills of the wilderness
(c) the land that time forgot
(d) the back of beyond

Short Answer Questions

1. What request does Heyward make of Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas?

2. Who is described as possessing muscular features?

3. What happens to the treacherous guide?

4. What explains the difference in the complexions of Cora and Alice?

5. Who is the man standing outside across the water?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do they find as they near Fort Henry?

2. How do Heyward, Hawkeye, Uncas, and Chingachgook attempt to capture Magua after they learn that he has betrayed Heyward and the girls?

3. Why does Hawkeye say they returned to the cave site?

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

5. Explain how David Gamut is allowed to accompany Heyward, Alice, and Cora on the trip to Ft. Henry.

6. What does Col. Munro say after he reads the letter intercepted from Gen. Webb and arranges the surrender with the French general?

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

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

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

10. Discuss briefly the noise that is heard outside the cave.

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