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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 example does Chingachgook set for Heyward?

2. What does Chingachgook say over the body of his son?

3. What resistance does Cora put up?

4. What dashes their hopes of finding Magua and the girls?

5. Where does Uncas locate a sign of the group they are pursuing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do they smuggle Uncas out of the Huron village?

2. Why is David allowed to roam around unmolested by the Indians?

3. How are Cora and Uncas honored in death?

4. What happens as they cross the lake in a canoe?

5. What does Hawkeye, disguised as the bear, propose to do to Uncas?

6. Explain why the five men use extra caution when leaving Fort Henry the following morning.

7. Describe the relationship between Chingachgook and his son, Uncas, as seen at the campfire in the ruins of Fort Henry.

8. Why does following the horses end in disappointment for the hunters?

9. What strange event occurs as Heyward is led to a cave to perform medicine cures for a woman possessed of an evil spirit?

10. What causes great excitement and consternation in the Delaware camp?

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 on the literary glamorization of the American Indian. Use examples of Cooper's descriptions of Indian customs that extol a high ethical standard. Include the representations of Indian bravery as a prerequisite to manhood.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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