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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Chingachgook relate when he arrives?
(a) He hears the war drums coming from the Iroquois camp.
(b) He sees soldiers marching out of the garrison.
(c) He has seen the Iroquois encampment and two prisoners.
(d) He sees the scalps of Hutter and Harry.

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

4. Who interrogates Deerslayer?
(a) The tribal council
(b) The old woman he grabbed
(c) Briarthorn
(d) Chief Ravenoak

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hutter want to attack the Iroquois encampments?

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

3. When Chingachgook arrives, why do Judith and Hetty not understand their conversation?

4. What was the reaction of the Iroquois about Hutter and Harry wanting scalps?

5. Where does the lake get its name from the locals?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the element of rumor in The Deerslayer.

2. After they get the items back into the old chest, what upsets Deerslayer?

3. Discuss Tom Hutter's racial prejudices as Harry March and Deerslayer arrive.

4. What are the circumstances when Chingachgook and Deerslayer locate the Iroquois camp?

5. After they take the Ark back to Muskrat Castle, how do they propose to keep the Iroquois from attacking them?

6. What causes Judith and Deerslayer to open the old chest that Hutter always keeps locked?

7. What is the purpose of Chingachgook's expected arrival?

8. What do they find when they reach the Iroquois encampment to recapture Wah-ta-Wah?

9. How does Hetty manage to enter the Iroquois encampment?

10. Explain how Deerslayer is given the nickname, Hawkeye.

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