| Contents | Notes to the Teacher .......................... 4 17 Words and Meanings, Ch. 9 ... 30 Facts About the Author ..................... 5 18 Drawing Conclusions, Ch. 9 ... 31 Facts About the Times ....................... 6 19 Words and Meanings, Ch. 10 ... 32 Facts About the Characters ............... 6 20 Identifying Antonyms, Ch. 10 ... 33 Chapter Summaries ........................... 7 21 Words and Meanings, Ch. 11 ... 34 Answer Key ....................................... 9 22 Multiple Meaning Words, Ch. 11 ... 35 Literary Glossary ............................. 12 23 Words and Meanings, Ch. 12 ... 36 24 Identifying Synonyms, Ch. 12 ... 37 CHAPTER EXERCISES 1 Words and Meanings, Ch. 1 .... 14 END-OF-BOOK EXERCISES 2 Identifying Characters, Ch. 1 .... 15 25 Book Sequence ........................ 38 3 Words and Meanings, Ch. 2 .... 16 26 Final Exam, Part 1 ................... 39 4 Figurative Language, Ch. 2 ..... 17 26 Final Exam, Part 2 ................... 40 5 Words and Meanings, Ch. 3 .... 18 6 Sequence of Events, Ch. 3 ....... 19 UNIVERSAL EXERCISES 7 Words and Meanings, Ch. 4 .... 20 27 Beyond the Text ....................... 41 8 Suffixes, Ch. 4 ......................... 21 28 Plot Study ................................ 42 9 Words and Meanings, Ch. 5 .... 22 29 Theme Analysis ....................... 43 10 Words and Actions, Ch. 5 ........ 23 30 Character Study ....................... 44 11 Words and Meanings, Ch. 6 .... 24 31 Vocabulary Study ..................... 45 12 Comprehension Check, Ch. 6 ... 25 32 Glossary Study ........................ 46 13 Words and Meanings, Ch. 7 .... 26 33 Book Review, Part 1 ................ 47 14 Inference, Ch. 7 ....................... 27 33 Book Review, Part 2 ............... 48 15 Words and Meanings, Ch. 8 ... 28 16 Comprehension Check, Ch. 8 ... 29 TIMELESS CLASSICS NOTES TO THE TEACHER THE NOVELS Timeless Classics were expressly designed to Research shows that the most effective way help struggling readers gain access to some of to improve comprehension is to teach students the world’s greatest literature. 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The other may be opportunity to strengthen oral language skills a simple comprehension check or present an and, in turn, strengthen reading skills. important literary concept. 4 the F LAST O THE MOHICANS FACTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR JAMES FENIMORE COOPER (1789–1851) James Fenimore Cooper was born in called Natty Bumppo. Cooper’s following Burlington, New Jersey, the same year works, including The Last of the Mohicans, that George Washington was inaugurated The Prairie, The Pathfinder, and The president of the United States. His father, Deerslayer, continued to capture the Judge William Cooper, was a wealthy American imagination and established landowner who founded Cooperstown, his reputation as a successful novelist. New York—which is today known as the After spending six years in Europe, the site of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Coopers returned to America in 1833. A willful youth, James Fenimore Cooper was outspoken in his criticism of Cooper tried life as a sailor for a few U.S. President Andrew Jackson. Stating years after being expelled from Yale. that the new country’s democracy had Then, at the age of 22, he married Susan been turned into a “mobocracy,” he DeLancey and became a gentleman defended the existence of the landed farmer. About nine years later, he wrote gentry—of which he was a member—and his first novel, which was a failure. In lost much of his popularity. 1823, however, he published The Pioneers Cooper’s literary craftsmanship is not and The Pilot, both works of significant widely admired today. Yet his 50 volumes, importance in American literature. The in which he painted a unique portrait of Pilot was the first American novel of the Americans and the American landscape, sea, and The Pioneers introduced what constitute the foundation of American would be his most famous character, a literature. natural man uncorrupted by civilization 5 TEL FH AST O THE MOHICANS FACTS ABOUT THE TIMES In 1789, when James Fenimore Cooper …University College of London is founded, as was born . is Munich University in Germany. The French Revolution rages and a mob storms the Bastille…the first U.S. Congress meets In 1851, when James Fenimore Cooper in New York…Mozart is writing symphonies died . in Vienna…Pennsylvania State University The New York Times first appears…the first is founded…plans are being made to found double-decker bus is introduced…Herman Washington, D.C.…mutineers from the Melville publishes Moby Dick and Nathaniel HMS Bounty are settling on the Pitcairn Islands Hawthorne publishes The House of Seven in the Pacific. Gables…the states of Maine and Illinois In 1826, when The Last of the Mohicans enforce prohibition of the sale of liquor was published . …the population of the United States The first railroad tunnel is being built in England reaches 23 million. …Thomas Jefferson dies…John Quincy Adams is in the second year of his presidency FACTS ABOUT THE CHARACTERS COLONEL MUNRO MAGUA Commander of the British troops at A Huron brave who pretends to be a Fort William Henry during the French and scout for the British although he is secretly Indian War; father of Alice and Cora in league with the French; a bitter man, he eventually murders Cora. CORA MUNRO A pretty, dark-haired young woman who DAVID GAMUT shows intelligence and strength in dealing A lanky, awkward singing teacher who with the hostile Hurons helps rescue the sisters by pretending to be a madman in order to move freely among ALICE MUNRO the Indians A blond, blue-eyed young woman who relies on her sister for support HAWKEYE An experienced and wily woodsman who MAJOR DUNCAN HEYWARD acts as a scout for the British; a close friend Young officer stationed at Fort of Chingachgook and Uncas William Henry who watches over the Munro sisters while they are away UNCAS from the fort. He is secretly in love with Son of Chingachook, the last of the Alice Munro. Mohicans, who dies trying to save Cora 6 GENERAL WEBB CHINGACHGOOK Commander of British troops in an area Father of Uncas, friend of Hawkeye and some distance from Fort William Henry, he Delaware Chief Tamenund is unable to send help to Col. Munro when Fort William Henry is overtaken. CHIEF TAMENUND Wise old chief of the Delawares, boyhood GENERAL MONTCALM friend of Chingachgook Commander of the French forces CHAPTER SUMMARIES CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 3 In the third year of the French and Indian After dragging the wounded singing War in America, Alice and Cora Munro are teacher back into the cave, Hawkeye, being escorted, after a visit with friends, Duncan, and the Mohicans fight the back to Fort William Henry, the British attacking Hurons. Then they run out of fort commanded by their father. They are gunpowder and Duncan is left behind accompanied by Major Duncan Heyward to guard the cave as Hawkeye and the and his Huron scout, Magua. Along the Mohicans go off to get more ammunition. way they meet David Gamut, an unarmed But while they are away, the evil Magua singing teacher, who asks if he might join sneaks into the cave through another them.