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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 the evacuees from Ft. Henry?
(a) the French open fire
(b) the women and children fall behand
(c) they get into quicksand
(d) 2000 Indians attack them

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

3. On their way, what does Heyward continually try to do?
(a) find a chance to escape
(b) make markings on their trail
(c) persuade Magua to help them
(d) hide the girls in the forest

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

5. Who discovers them?
(a) a French speaking Indian
(b) a French sentinel
(c) a French chef
(d) a French teacher

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the treacherous guide?

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

3. Who does Heyward wish to marry?

4. Where do they stop to rest?

5. How does Cooper describe the setting of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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