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

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

3. What happens when Heywood confronts the guide?
(a) He draws his knife.
(b) He denies being a traitor.
(c) He runs.
(d) He wounds Heywood.

4. Who are the Iroquois looking for called La Longue Carabine?
(a) Chingachgook
(b) Uncas
(c) Hawkeye
(d) Heywood

5. What is Magua's background?
(a) a warrior of the Sioux
(b) the son of a Huron chief
(c) a renegade from the Seminole
(d) a foundling raised by the Delaware

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Magua's objection to the surrender treaty?

2. Who in the group does not sleep in the cave that night?

3. At what time does Hawkeye wake everyone to resume their trip to Ft. Henry?

4. What does the strange sound turn out to be?

5. What happens to Cora during the fight?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Col. Munro try to determine about Heyward's preference for Alice as a future wife?

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