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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unexpected thing does Hetty do before they realize it?
(a) She takes a canoe and paddles to the lake shore.
(b) She tries to swim ashore and drowns.
(c) She sets fire to the house.
(d) She takes an axe and chops open the old chest.

2. Why is Chingachgook coming to that area?
(a) He is looking for his wife who was abducted by Briarthorn.
(b) He is coming to hunt moose.
(c) He wants to catch the huge fish that are in the lake.
(d) He is planning to start a settlement there.

3. 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

4. What is the purpose of the detailed description of the bedroom of Judith and Hetty in the novel?
(a) It foreshadows the death of Hetty and Judith.
(b) It proves that the Hutter family seldom comes to Muskrat Castle.
(c) It serves to anticipate the characters of the two girls before they are actually introduced.
(d) It shows how wealthy Thomas Hutter is and how spoiled the girls are.

5. How does Hetty return to the castle?
(a) Her father and Harry bring her back.
(b) She returns alone in a canoe.
(c) Wah-ta-Wah brings her.
(d) She is brought by an Iroquois boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prior to Hutter and Harry going to the encampment, what does Deerslayer do?

2. What problem does going to talk with the Iroquois pose for Deerslayer?

3. What does Chingachgook relate when he arrives?

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

5. Hetty's simple religious principles bring out what characteristic in her father and Harry?

(see the answer key)

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