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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the man standing outside across the water?
(a) Duncan Heyward
(b) Colonel Munro
(c) Hawkeye
(d) David Gamut

3. What causes the Huron to leave the area of the blockhouse?
(a) the bitter water
(b) a mass grave
(c) a bad smell
(d) a large bear

4. What does Montcalm want to know from his guest?
(a) if he knows the Indian Magua
(b) if Ft. Henry has plenty of supplies
(c) if the ladies will come for a visit
(d) if he has come to discuss terms of surrender

5. How many people march out of Ft. Henry?
(a) over three thousand
(b) over three hundred
(c) over thirty
(d) over one thousand

6. What do the Iroquois do in the outer cave?
(a) take a break to eat
(b) pile more branches over the ones already there
(c) set fire to the tree branches
(d) sit down to wait

7. What is it that Hawkeye fears?
(a) trolls
(b) the undead
(c) banshees
(d) ghosts

8. What threat is spotted by Hawkeye near a waterfall?
(a) a pack of wolves
(b) five Iroquois
(c) Magua with a rifle
(d) mountain lions

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

10. Who does Heyward wish to marry?
(a) Cora Munro
(b) Alice Munro
(c) his fiance back in England
(d) an Indian woman

11. When does the group prepare to move away from the blockhouse?
(a) two days later
(b) just before dawn
(c) at high noon
(d) when the moon is high

12. What do they place in front of the covering to the back of the cave?
(a) tree branches
(b) bird nests
(c) the horses
(d) large rocks

13. What is the message for Ft. Henry?
(a) no troops are coming from Ft. Edward
(b) the French have surrendered
(c) troops from Ft. Edward will arrive by nightfall
(d) a batallion is coming from the north

14. Why is Heyward convinced not to pursue Magua?
(a) There are probably Iroquois in the area.
(b) They will wait for him to return.
(c) They cannot leave the girls alone.
(d) It has gotten too dark.

15. What is happening when they finally near the fort?
(a) The fort is being burned to the ground.
(b) All is quiet on the western front.
(c) Montcalm's army is firing on the forts.
(d) The fort has been abandoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Hawkeye, Uncas, and Chingachgook leave to find help?

2. Who are the Iroquois looking for called La Longue Carabine?

3. What do they use over the entrance to the back of the cave?

4. What distresses Uncas?

5. What does Heyward do with the wounded David Gamut?

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