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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 happens to Heyward when he tries to defend Alice?
(a) He is made to take Alice's place.
(b) He is knocked unconscious.
(c) His hands are bound.
(d) He is shot.

2. Where did Munro meet the girls' mother?
(a) in Florida
(b) in Canada
(c) in Africa
(d) in the West Indies

3. What do the Iroquois do in the outer cave?
(a) sit down to wait
(b) set fire to the tree branches
(c) pile more branches over the ones already there
(d) take a break to eat

4. When does the group prepare to move away from the blockhouse?
(a) two days later
(b) just before dawn
(c) when the moon is high
(d) at high noon

5. Who actually goes to the dinner?
(a) Alice Munro
(b) Cora Munro
(c) Colonel Munro
(d) Duncan Heyward

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Heyward convinced not to pursue Magua?

2. As the group journeys on after the battle with the Hurons, who leads them?

3. What is the purpose of Fort Henry and Fort Edward?

4. After the men leave, what do Cora and Alice do?

5. Who is the lone man making his way to the outskirts of the French camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe where the group stops to rest as they continue on to Fort Henry.

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

8. What is the evidence that Cora and Alice have survived?

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

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

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