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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do they see paddling in a canoe and coming toward them out on the lake?
(a) Deerslayer
(b) A soldier from the garrison
(c) Ravenoak
(d) Harry

2. Why will the tribe not agree to stop the torture?
(a) Because it is entertaining.
(b) Because they have no respect for Deerslayer.
(c) Because they are still angry.
(d) Because they want to hear him beg for mercy.

3. What scares the two women as they are leaving their hiding place along the shore?
(a) Deerslayer's cry of pain
(b) The return of the Iroquois warriors
(c) A woman's scream
(d) The brown bear family

4. How long is it before Deerslayer and Chingachgook return to the area?
(a) Fifteen years
(b) Ten years
(c) Twenty years
(d) Two years

5. What do the Iroquois do when they notice Harry is missing?
(a) They bring Hutter outside and scalp him alive.
(b) They do not care about Harry because Hutter is the one they want.
(c) They attempt to catch up to the boat in canoes but give up their attempts.
(d) They set fire to Muskrat Castle.

6. How does Cooper describe the massacre of the Iroquois?
(a) He describes it through the eyes of Deerslayer.
(b) He describes it in bloody detail.
(c) He gives only the garrison's side of the conflict.
(d) He glosses over it, mainly talking about the clean up afterwards.

7. What surprising thing happens when Deerslayer returns to the Iroquois?
(a) He is honored for keeping his word.
(b) He is given one of the chess pieces.
(c) He is invited to become an Iroquois.
(d) He is forgiven and allowed to leave.

8. What do they find in the old chest?
(a) Deeds to property that belonged to the girls' mother
(b) Instructions for receiving a large inheritance
(c) Old letters that belonged to Judith's mother
(d) Their mother's diary

9. The morning after Deerslayer's furlough, what is the main topic of conversation?
(a) Things they remember about their childhoods
(b) Wedding plans for Judith and Deerslayer
(c) Life after death
(d) How to get Deerslayer to escape with his life

10. Why will Deerslayer not take the chance to flee?
(a) He fears the Iroquois will kill Judith and Hetty if he does not return.
(b) There are Iroquois posted all around the lake.
(c) He knows it is futile.
(d) He must keep his word to Ravenoak.

11. What is the Indian equivalent of Heaven according to their discussion that morning?
(a) The happy hunting ground
(b) The Great Spirit Home
(c) Nirvana
(d) The cloud land

12. What strange thing takes place that Judith and Hetty do not understand as they paddle away in the canoe.
(a) The canoe begins to take on water.
(b) The encampment seems to catch on fire.
(c) An Iroquois boy swims up to their canoe.
(d) The Iroquois guard's lover is shot.

13. What happened to most of the Iroquois?
(a) Most of them surrender to the soldiers.
(b) Most of them jump into canoes and paddle to the island.
(c) Most of them are killed by the soldiers.
(d) Most of them run away to hide in the forest.

14. What can Hetty not understand as Deerslayer tries to talk with her on the way back?
(a) About Indian customs.
(b) About how Hutter was wrong.
(c) About the need for guns.
(d) About Judith and Harry.

15. What do Judith and Hetty learn as Hutter lies on his deathbed?
(a) That he killed their mother.
(b) That they have a sister then never knew.
(c) That he is not their real father.
(d) That he forced himself on their mother and she had to marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Hutter buried?

2. What farewell message does Deerslayer give to Wah-ta-Wah?

3. What is on Judith's mind as she goes to bed the night she asked Deerslayer to marry her?

4. What is Judith's suggestion to Harry?

5. Why does he have to lie down in the canoe?

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