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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in the group does not sleep in the cave that night?
(a) Alice, Cora, and Heyward
(b) Heywood, Hawkeye, and Uncas
(c) Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas
(d) Gamut, Alice, and Hawkeye

2. What do Heywood and his party not realize?
(a) Fort Henry has been defeated.
(b) They do not have enough provisions.
(c) They are being watched.
(d) They have made a wrong turn.

3. What happens when Heywood confronts the guide?
(a) He runs.
(b) He draws his knife.
(c) He denies being a traitor.
(d) He wounds Heywood.

4. At what time does Hawkeye wake everyone to resume their trip to Ft. Henry?
(a) noon the next day
(b) around midnight
(c) at first light
(d) six in the morning

5. Who is at war as the novel begins?
(a) The French and the Indians
(b) The English and French
(c) The English and the Indians
(d) The British and the Americans

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cooper describe the setting of the novel?

2. Why does Heyward reprimand the Psalmist?

3. What interrupts David Gamut's song in the cave?

4. What does Uncas take to ward off wolves?

5. Who does Uncas say are hiding in the woods?

(see the answer key)

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