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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 instruction does the letter from Andrews's family member provide to McDonald?
(a) It says that McDonald should help Andrews any way he can.
(b) It says that McDonald should invest in Andrews's hunting expedition.
(c) It says that McDonald should pay his debts.
(d) It says that McDonald should place Andrews in a blacksmith apprenticeship.

2. Whom does McDonald describe as not knowing "what to do with themselves" (22)?
(a) Hunters.
(b) Young people.
(c) City-dwellers.
(d) Women.

3. The hunting party leaves Butcher's Crossing on the 25th day of what month?
(a) October.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) August.

4. On his first morning spent in Butcher's Crossing, who tells Andrews where McDonald lives?
(a) The doctor.
(b) The hotel clerk.
(c) The post office clerk.
(d) The brothel madame.

5. How does Andrews respond to the question about whether he has had a "rough day" (75) on the first day of the trip?
(a) He nods.
(b) He shakes his head no.
(c) He smiles.
(d) He blurts out that he wants to go back to Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rides beside Andrews throughout the hunting expedition?

2. What color is the Smoky Hill River?

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

4. What is NOT a quality of the hunting party's horses by noon on the first day of the expedition?

5. When Andrews finds a hotel room, how much does the room cost per night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the dream motif appear within the passages of Andrews's anticipation of the hunting expedition?

2. What distinction does Miller make between Boston prostitutes and Butcher's Crossing prostitutes?

3. What do Miller's comments about the dwindling number of buffalo show about his character?

4. How is foreshadowing employed within the scene focusing on Charley's lost hand?

5. Discuss how Andrews and McDonald qualify as character foils.

6. What are Miller's reasons for choosing the destination he does for the buffalo hunting expedition?

7. What is Andrews's true aim in coming to Butcher's Crossing?

8. What is the author's reason for including McDonald's comment to Andrews that "Young folks…don't know what to do with themselves" (22)?

9. What signs does the hunting party see that point to the presence of buffalo before they actually see any?

10. How do Andrews's physical changes over the first few weeks of the expedition indicate psychological changes as well?

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