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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing Col. Munro says he never thought he would see?

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

3. What caused Magua's downfall

4. Four days after Heywood and the girls enter Fort Henry, who is led to the fort?

5. Who comes across the Indian scout and the hunter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do the French do with the captured Hawkeye?

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

5. Explain what the Iroquois are really after.

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

7. What do they find as they near Fort Henry?

8. How do Heyward, Hawkeye, Uncas, and Chingachgook attempt to capture Magua after they learn that he has betrayed Heyward and the girls?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about weaknesses in Cooper's tale. For example, begin with the idea that a father would send for his daughters to join him in a fort that is under siege. Include other things you find in the story that cause suspension of belief, e.g., Hawkeye dressed as a bear and no one suspecting he is really a man.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about how Cooper's use of different names for characters and Indian tribes in THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS affects the reading. In your opinion is it confusing? Does it require going back and re-reading certain sections of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay debating self protection and non-violence. Use the discussion between David and Hawkeye at the end of Chapter 12 to begin your essay. State your opinion about the validity of each side.

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