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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 do the men realize as they study the trail?

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

3. What do Cora and Alice believe while in captivity?

4. How is Heyward nearly wounded?

5. What advice does Hawkeye give as they battle the Iroquois?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Hawkeye and Chingachgook dissuade Heyward from going after the wounded Magua.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the effects of public humiliation. Reference Magua's hatred for Col. Munro who had him publicly flogged. Explain how the hatred was not born from the flogging but from the public way in which it was administered. Relate the theme to how you would feel by being humiliated in front of other people.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the process of writing a novel. Where should the story come from? How much research is necessary to write historical fiction? Include how you would go about writing your own 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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