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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. How do Uncas and Chingachgook behave after the threat is gone?
(a) serious and speaking in whispers
(b) warning the others to be quiet
(c) standing ready for another intruder
(d) playfully talking together

2. Why do the Huron allow David to come and go?
(a) They think he is lost.
(b) They think he is dangerous.
(c) They think he is funny.
(d) They think he is mad.

3. Who is the man Heywood sees approaching the Huron camp?
(a) a French deserter
(b) Le Renard
(c) another Oneida
(d) the bedraggled singer, David Gamut

4. What is Heywood's plan?
(a) to be painted as a Huron and go into the village
(b) to be painted as a clown and go to the village as a juggler
(c) to be painted black and go into the village at night
(d) to be painted blue and pretend to be ill

5. Why is one of the Huron killed in the camp?
(a) He tried to steal Alice.
(b) He showed cowardice in battle.
(c) He is mortally wounded.
(d) He killed another Huron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who plans to join the war party?

2. What is David's cryptic message to Heywood in the cave?

3. Why do some of the Huron men creep into the lodge?

4. What do Hawkeye, Uncas, and Chingachgook do to confuse those following them?

5. How do they know their passage across the lake is discovered?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Heyward gain entrance into the Huron camp?

2. What strange event occurs as Heyward is led to a cave to perform medicine cures for a woman possessed of an evil spirit?

3. What does Heyward discover about the bear after everyone else leaves the cave?

4. Describe how Magua gains entry into the Delaware village.

5. How are Cora and Uncas honored in death?

6. Describe the war dance in the Delaware camp.

7. When Magua enters the cave, how do Heyward and Hawkeye overpower him?

8. What causes great excitement and consternation in the Delaware camp?

9. Describe the relationship between Chingachgook and his son, Uncas, as seen at the campfire in the ruins of Fort Henry.

10. Why does following the horses end in disappointment for the hunters?

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