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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 does Heyward do with the wounded David Gamut?

2. Who discovers them?

3. What do the men realize as they study the trail?

4. How do Hawkeye, Uncas, and Chingachgook leave to find help?

5. On their way, what does Heyward continually try to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 do they find as they near Fort Henry?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens to prevent the torture of the captives?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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