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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters I-III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many miles does Miller say the hunting party has traveled by noon on the first day?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

2. What is the hotel clerk's reply when Andrews asks the clerk if he knows a man by a particular name?
(a) The clerk replies that he has never heard the name before.
(b) The clerk replies that he does know the man and so does everyone else.
(c) The clerk replies that they do not meet many strangers in Butcher's Crossing.
(d) The clerk replies that he will need to be paid for any information he provides.

3. How does McDonald describe the town of Butcher's Crossing on the day Andrews first comes to see him?
(a) A coal town.
(b) A railroad town.
(c) A one-horse town.
(d) A hide town.

4. What had Andrews been doing back east before traveling to Butcher's Crossing?
(a) He had spent two years at Harvard College.
(b) He had spent one year at Harvard College.
(c) He had spent one semester at Harvard College.
(d) He had spent three years at Harvard College.

5. To what state will the hunting expedition travel?
(a) Colorado.
(b) California.
(c) Montana.
(d) North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a type of business operating within the town of Butcher's Crossing?

2. When the hunting party comes upon a man traveling from Ohio to California, what problem is the man having?

3. The hunting party at one point comes upon the dead carcass of what animal?

4. How many buffalo does Miller say the pile of bones represents?

5. Miller tells Andrews that buffalo move toward a watering hole in what manner?

(see the answer key)

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