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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. As the group journeys on after the battle with the Hurons, who leads them?
(a) Chingachgook
(b) Hawkeye
(c) Uncas
(d) Duncan

2. What is the condition of the messenger?
(a) His shirt is bloody.
(b) His hands are bound.
(c) His arm is broken.
(d) His head is bandaged.

3. As what do the hunters identify Heywood's guide?
(a) a Mohican
(b) a Huron
(c) a Sioux
(d) a Mohawk

4. What does Magua want Cora to do after becoming his wife?
(a) bear him many daughters to sell
(b) draw his water, hoe his corn, and cook his venison
(c) renounce her father
(d) bake his bread and tuck him in at night

5. How does Magua know the girls' father?
(a) He joined the Mohawks and served under their father.
(b) He became a slave of their father.
(c) He was once captured by their father.
(d) He joined the Delaware and got access to their father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is at war as the novel begins?

2. What prevents an Indian from killing Col. Munro?

3. Who does Maj. Heyward elect to lead him and the young Munro women to Fort Henry?

4. What causes the Huron to leave the area of the blockhouse?

5. What happens to Heyward when he tries to defend Alice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain what the Iroquois are really after.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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