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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shows the strong character of Deerslayer in the opening of the novel?
(a) His promise to go to the authorities if anything were to happen to any man who marries Judith.
(b) His willingness to compromise for a friend
(c) His refusal to take part in any war
(d) His insistance on having the land surveyed

2. Why does Hetty try to go to the Iroquois encampment?
(a) She will offer herself in exchange for her father and Harry.
(b) She wants to warn them about the garrison soldiers.
(c) She thinks they will not see her because she is so small.
(d) She believes she can negotiate with the Indians.

3. Why Deerslayer is more interested in Hetty than in Judith.
(a) Because Hetty is the elder one
(b) Because Hetty is the more beautiful one
(c) Because Hetty inherited her mother's wealth
(d) Because of Hetty's retarded mental condition

4. What does Hetty reveal to Chingachgook?
(a) That Wah-ta-Wah no longer wants to be rescued
(b) That Wah-ta-Wah has commited suicide
(c) That Wah-ta-Wah is no longer in the Iroquois camp
(d) Wah-ta-Wah's plan for her escape and rescue

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Harry March and Deerslayer get to Muskrat Castle?

2. Why does Deerslayer not raise his rifle against the Iroquois who shot at him?

3. What does Hetty do to try and win the release of her father and Harry?

4. What are Harry and Hutter planning when they get to the Iroquois encampment?

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

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