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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. When asked why they came there, what do Hutter and Harry admit?
(a) That they had heard the Iroquois had gold.
(b) That they were looking for Iroquois women to capture.
(c) That they came there for scalps.
(d) That they were spies for the soldiers in the garrison.

2. How do Harry March and Deerslayer get to Muskrat Castle?
(a) By swimming out to the island
(b) When Thomas Hutter picked them up in his boat
(c) In a canoe March had hidden near the lake
(d) On a ferry that runs three times a day

3. What strange thing do they find in the chest?
(a) A set of silver dinnerware
(b) A sailing device that none of them recognizes
(c) A pair of boots that are too small to be Hutter's
(d) A treasure map

4. What new value does the old chest take on at that time?
(a) It is suspected that it will provide for Judith and Hetty.
(b) It is suggested that it will hold fine fabrics for the girls to make new dresses.
(c) It is imagined to be filled with contraband.
(d) It is mentioned as a possible exchange for Hutter and Harry.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What unexpected thing does Hetty do before they realize it?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Deerslayer is interrogated by Ravenoak?

2. Why are the Iroquois there in that area?

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

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

5. What does Cooper use to show Hetty's innocence and purity?

6. What action does Deerslayer take that allows Chingachgook and Wah-ta-Wah to escape?

7. Why are the Iroquois not angered when they discover that Hutter and Harry are there to collect scalps?

8. What happens to Harry and Hutter when they go ashore to find scalps?

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

10. What relationship develops between Judith and Deerslayer?

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