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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does going to talk with the Iroquois pose for Deerslayer?
(a) He thinks it will prevent Chingachgook from regaining his wife.
(b) He does not know how to make contact with the Iroquois.
(c) He does not know the Iroquois language.
(d) He is forced to admit that he had killed an Iroquois warrior.

2. What new value does the old chest take on at that time?
(a) It is imagined to be filled with contraband.
(b) It is suggested that it will hold fine fabrics for the girls to make new dresses.
(c) It is mentioned as a possible exchange for Hutter and Harry.
(d) It is suspected that it will provide for Judith and Hetty.

3. Why does Deerslayer not raise his rifle against the Iroquois who shot at him?
(a) He is too far away.
(b) He sees Hutter slipping up behind the Iroquois.
(c) He does not want to take a human life.
(d) There are women and children standing behind the Iroquois.

4. When they find the Hutter family, Harry is interested in Judith. In what is Deerslayer interested?
(a) The reason they are hiding on the boat
(b) Where they got the idea for the Ark
(c) How the boat is propelled
(d) The construction of the Ark

5. Where do March and Deerslayer finally find the Hutters?
(a) In the Delaware village
(b) Visiting with the Iroquois
(c) On their boat called the Ark
(d) Just arriving back from Philadelphia

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the detailed description of the bedroom of Judith and Hetty in the novel?

2. After the house is secure, what does Deerslayer agree to do?

3. How do Hutter, March, and Deerslayer secure Muskrat Castle on the island in the middle of the lake?

4. What unexpected thing does Hetty do before they realize it?

5. What does the discussion about scalping do for the novel?

(see the answer key)

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