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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. Against which natural feature does Charley build the party's fire once they have set up camp in the valley?
2. Who is designated as the person who will follow along behind the hunting party and collect the hides?
3. Miller says that buffalo are always either killed by a man or what?
4. How does Andrews sleep the night before the hunt begins?
5. What warning does Schneider give to Miller before the hunt begins?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is demonstrated about Miller's character when he voices the desire to bring back a huge load of hides to show the hunters in Butcher's Crossing?
2. What is the result of Miller's decision to keep hunting after Schneider protests the extension of the hunt?
3. How is Miller's monomaniacal nature demonstrated in his response to Schneider's comment that they do not have to hunt any more buffalo?
4. How does Schneider feel about the coming of winter and why?
5. What does the loss of the buffalo hides in the river symbolize?
6. Why must the men construct a wooden and canvas tent once they set up for the hunt?
7. How does Charley feel about the coming of winter and why?
8. What is the irony inherent in Miller's response to Schneider's request that Miller begin the hunt slowly?
9. How does Andrews feel about the coming of winter and why?
10. How does Miller feel about the coming winter and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Trace the characterization arc of Andrews's character throughout the novel. Discuss whether the protagonist is a round or flat character and whether he is a static or dynamic character.
Essay Topic 2
Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author set a particular mood for each of the three scenes.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's choice to tell the story of John Williams's novel Butcher's Crossing using the third person omniscient point-of-view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is the author's intended effect on the reader?
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