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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. How do they find Hutter when they enter the house?
(a) He is hanging upside down from the second floor.
(b) He is unconscious.
(c) He is dying.
(d) He is laughing at the stupid Indians.

2. What does Judith do after Hetty dies?
(a) She decides to remain in Muskrat Castle out of respect for Hetty.
(b) She forgets trying to get Deerslayer to marry her.
(c) She burns Muskrat Castle to the ground.
(d) She closes Muskrat Castle and prepares to leave.

3. What attitude do Harry and Hutter have about Chingachgook's fears?
(a) They listen to him and do not go back to the isalnd.
(b) They accuse Wah-ta-Wah of agitating her husband.
(c) They brashly insist that the Iroquois could not possibly be in the castle.
(d) They think it is a good opportunity to go ashore and collect scalps.

4. Why do the Iroquois on the island not kill Harry and Hutter?
(a) They want to make them suffer under torture.
(b) They now think they are mentally afflicted like Hetty.
(c) They want to take them to get the rest of the treasure on the Ark.
(d) They are on the island and do not know about the dead woman.

5. What do Chingachgook and Deerslayer do that morning?
(a) Shoot at birds with the rifle Judith gave Deerslayer
(b) Take a canoe ride
(c) Chant prayers in the Delaware language
(d) Help everyone load up the Ark

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to spoil Judith's plan?

2. Why does Judith feel affection for Deerslayer?

3. What strange thing takes place that Judith and Hetty do not understand as they paddle away in the canoe.

4. Why does Deerslayer reject Judith's final marriage proposal?

5. What does Harry advise Deerslayer to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to foil Judith's plan?

2. What do Deerslayer and Chingachgook learn when they return fifteen years later?

3. What are the circumstances of Deerslayer paddling a canoe up to the house?

4. Why is Hetty allowed to take Deerslayer back to the Indians?

5. What unfortunate event causes the woman on the shore to scream?

6. What action does Harry finally take?

7. Where is the canoe that brought Hetty to shore hidden from view?

8. What becomes of the Iroquois by the next morning?

9. Ravenoak admires Deerslayer's courage and offers him his freedom under what condition?

10. What happens when they return and enter Muskrat Castle?

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