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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 the suggestion in the letter from Gen. Webb?

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

3. What request does Heyward make of Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas?

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

5. Who is the person the Huron immediately suspect killed their comrade?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the time and events during which the story begins.

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

9. How do Heyward, David, Cora, and Alice almost escape unnoticed by the Iroquois?

10. What news is in the letter Hawkeye delivers to Gen. Munro?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about William Penn, called Minquoin by the Delaware. In your essay discuss how his dealings with the American Indians were different from those of other white settlers. Explain how our history might have been much different if Penn's approach had been the rule rather than the exception.

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 contrasting Cora and Alice. In your opinion, is there an element of racism in Cora's being the stronger of the two girls and eventually being killed? Is there a weakness in Heyward's expressed preference for Alice? Is Magua's preference for Cora based on racial preference?

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