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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What possibility causes Hutter a great deal of anxiety?
(a) That Judith might open the old chest to find some ransom for them.
(b) That Judith might run away with a soldier from the garrison.
(c) That Hetty would be taken by one of the Iroquois braves.
(d) That the Iroquois might storm the island and kill Judith.

2. What does Judith tell Deerslayer about the chess pieces?
(a) That they are forms of money in India.
(b) That they are toys for small children.
(c) That they are decoations for a whatnot stand.
(d) That they are part of a game she had seen the soldiers play at the garrison.

3. What happens when Deerslayer grabs the old woman?
(a) She faints and falls, hitting her head.
(b) She screams and he is caught by the warriors.
(c) She wants to run away with him.
(d) She clubs him with a large stick.

4. What is the double activity going on as Hetty enters the encampment?
(a) There are two searches going on--one for Hetty and Hetty's search for her father.
(b) Preparations for war in the encampment and in the garrison.
(c) The breakfast in the encampment and the one on the island.
(d) The torture of Harry and Hutter and the suffering of Deerslayer and Chingachgook.

5. How do the men finally manage to grab Wah-ta-Wah?
(a) When Wah-ta-Wah makes a run for her freedom.
(b) When she and an old lady go to collect water from the lake.
(c) When everyone falls asleep.
(d) When it gets very dark.

6. After Hetty falls asleep in the forest, what does she discover when she wakes up?
(a) It is raining hard
(b) A family of brown bears
(c) Deerslayer and Chingachgook who finally located her
(d) A cloth filled with food

7. How does Chingachgook disguise himself on the boat?
(a) He puts on a soldier uniform he found in the garrison.
(b) He shaves his head.
(c) He puts on some of Hutter's old clothes.
(d) He dresses like an Iroquois.

8. What disturbs Deerslayer about the chess pieces they find in the chest?
(a) He does not understand how many there are supposed to be.
(b) He cannot imagine what the elephants are.
(c) He thinks they might be idols for strange worship.
(d) He thinks Hutter had stolen them because they are ivory.

9. Prior to Hutter and Harry going to the encampment, what does Deerslayer do?
(a) He shows them how to slip up on the camp.
(b) He urges them to go without their muskets.
(c) He gives them new mossasins to wear.
(d) He warns them that what they are planning is wrong.

10. Why does the woman take Hetty into the Iroquois encampment?
(a) She thinks if she takes Hetty to them, the Iroquois will let her go.
(b) She thinks Briarthorn will like Hetty better and leave her alone.
(c) She does not know where else to take her.
(d) She knows they will not harm her because of her mental condition.

11. What complicates Wah-ta-Wah's rescue?
(a) She is under guard and there are two warriors watching the camp.
(b) Wah-ta-Wah has been tied to a tree in the middle of the camp.
(c) She does not see Chingachgook when he signals to her.
(d) They cannot get close enough without being seen.

12. What is Deerslayer's problem that makes him uncomfortable around Judith?
(a) Her great beauty
(b) Her reputation for being morally lax
(c) Her education which makes him feel inferior
(d) Her disinterest in him

13. What warning is Hetty given before she gets to the Iroquois encampment?
(a) Not to tell them where she came from
(b) Not to mention the brown bears
(c) Not to mention her father or Harry or Chingachgook
(d) Not to turn her back on the chief

14. 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 serves to anticipate the characters of the two girls before they are actually introduced.
(c) It shows how wealthy Thomas Hutter is and how spoiled the girls are.
(d) It proves that the Hutter family seldom comes to Muskrat Castle.

15. What does Deerslayer have to tell Judith and Hetty?
(a) He has to tell them where to find their father.
(b) He has to tell them how to shoot a rifle.
(c) He has to relate what happened to their father and Harry.
(d) He has to explain why they need to stay on the island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hetty try to go to the Iroquois encampment?

2. What is Judith's suggestion about securing the release of Hutter and Harry?

3. What has Hutter found and shows to March and Deerslayer?

4. Why does Deerslayer allow himself to be captured by the Iroquois?

5. Deerslayer fears that Harry and Hutter are up to ____________.

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