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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 are the men out looking for the group?

2. What distresses Uncas?

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

4. How does Cooper describe the setting of the novel?

5. What happens when Heywood confronts the guide?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What keeps the Iroquois (or Huron) from attacking the group at the blockhouse?

5. Explain what the Iroquois are really after.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 3

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.

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