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

2. Who are the men out looking for the group?

3. What happens when Heywood confronts the guide?

4. At what time does Hawkeye wake everyone to resume their trip to Ft. Henry?

5. What do Heywood and his party not realize?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What takes place after the slaughter of the refugees from Fort Henry?

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

4. Explain what the Iroquois are really after.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What are some of the problems the group faces as they battle the Iroquois?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper about how the skill of reading tracks plays out in THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. Find references to several places where the Mohicans and Hawkeye demonstrate this skill. Express your opinion about the necessity of such a skill in frontier lands.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about stereotypes used to describe the American Indian. In you essay cite references in THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS as examples of stereotypes. Discuss how particulars often become generalizations about entire ethnic groups.

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