The Last of The Mohicans Study Questions
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Date:
Directions: Use the video to answer the following questions.
1. What are the three Native Americans doing as the film opens?
2. What do they do after the above?
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3. List the reasons why the Mohicans will fight with the English.
4. What terms did the Colonial Militia want from the English Army General before they
would fight for England?
5. What was Magua’s response to the English office order to stop so the women could
rest?
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6. What did the Native American attackers do to the English soldiers after they were
down on the ground?
7. Why would the Native Americans with the French not attack the people in the
camp?
8. Whose side was Magua on and why?
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9. Did the English keep their promise to the Colonial Militia? Why or why not?
10. What did the Colonial Militia do about it?
11. Did Magua kill the women when he found them in the cave under the falls?
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Essay:
Directions: On one side of a piece of notebook paper write an essay to answer the
following:
What were the three most important facts you learned about Native Americans from
the film?
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