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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. What does Magua want Cora to do after becoming his wife?
(a) bear him many daughters to sell
(b) renounce her father
(c) draw his water, hoe his corn, and cook his venison
(d) bake his bread and tuck him in at night

2. What advice does Hawkeye give as they battle the Iroquois?
(a) not to shoot till they can see the whites of their eyes
(b) to keep up a constant barrage of gunfire
(c) to keep their heads down
(d) to conserve their shots

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

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

5. How is Heyward nearly wounded?
(a) by a bullet near his head
(b) by a glancing arrow
(c) by a knife in hand to hand combat
(d) by a tomahawk

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the evacuees from Ft. Henry?

2. On their way, what does Heyward continually try to do?

3. What saves them from the Frenchman who discovers them?

4. Who is the man standing outside across the water?

5. After Magua gets away for a second time, what happens to the dead Hurons?

Short Essay Questions

1. Outline what Heyward tells Cora and Alice about their father while they hide in the cave behind the waterfall.

2. What takes place after the slaughter of the refugees from Fort Henry?

3. How do Heyward, David, Cora, and Alice almost escape unnoticed by the Iroquois?

4. Explain what the Iroquois are really after.

5. What does Col. Munro try to determine about Heyward's preference for Alice as a future wife?

6. Explain why Hawkeye and Chingachgook dissuade Heyward from going after the wounded Magua.

7. What do they find as they near Fort Henry?

8. Describe the time and events during which the story begins.

9. What plan does Magua have for the group of captives after Cora rejects his advances?

10. What keeps the Iroquois (or Huron) from attacking the group at the blockhouse?

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