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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 happening when they finally near the fort?

2. After Magua gets away for a second time, what happens to the dead Hurons?

3. What is one of the rewards Heyward promises Renard if he helps them?

4. What is the suggestion in the letter from Gen. Webb?

5. Why does Magua hate Cora's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas leave to find help, what happens back near the cave?

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

3. Why does Hawkeye say they returned to the cave site?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the evidence that Cora and Alice have survived?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the use of the English language in THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. Discuss the formality of the language, giving examples from the novel. How does the language affect the reading of the novel?

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 on how literary fiction influences popular thought. Keeping in mind that THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS was published in the 1800s, explain how it may have contributed to conventional wisdom about the habits of native Americans.

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