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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do the men leave the fort the next morning?
2. How is Hawkeye dressed as they escape?
3. Who does Magua choose when Hawkeye offers his life for Cora?
4. Who does Hawkeye confess to killing?
5. What do they find when they look for the sick woman in the cave?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the negotiations with Magua to get the release of Cora.
2. What is Heyward warned about?
3. What causes great excitement and consternation in the Delaware camp?
4. How does Chingachgook turn out to be the last of the Mohicans?
5. How are Cora and Uncas honored in death?
6. What does Hawkeye, disguised as the bear, propose to do to Uncas?
7. Tell about the Hurons' response to the Delaware declaration of war.
8. Why does following the horses end in disappointment for the hunters?
9. What does Heyward discover about the bear after everyone else leaves the cave?
10. Why does Magua take Alice and not Cora when he leaves the Delaware village?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a paper about how the skill of reading tracks plays out in THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. Find references to several places where the Mohicans and Hawkeye demonstrate this skill. Express your opinion about the necessity of such a skill in frontier lands.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about how Cooper's use of different names for characters and Indian tribes in THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS affects the reading. In your opinion is it confusing? Does it require going back and re-reading certain sections of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about ironic twists in literature. In your essay discuss how Uncas is introduced in the beginning as the last of the Mohicans when, in fact, it does not turn out that way in the end. Express your opinion about how irony enhances interest in a well told tale.
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