Butcher's Crossing Quiz

John Williams

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does Charley use to poison wolves? (from Part 2, Chapter 4 – Part 2, Chapter 6)

Strychnine.

Arsenic.

Cyanide.

Nightshade.

2.

What effect did the expedition apparently have in Charley? (from Part 3, Chapter 1 – Part 3, Chapter 3)

It made him want to move to a big city.

It caused him to hate Miller.

It caused him to renounce Christianity.

It drove him insane.

3.

Which character proposes changing course to find water? (from Part 2, Chapter 1 – Part 2, Chapter 3)

Miller.

Andrews.

Schneider.

Charley.

4.

Miller says that the party will be stuck in the valley for at least how long? (from Part 2, Chapter 7 – Part 2, Chapter 8)

Two weeks.

Two months.

Six months.

Three months.

5.

What is Miller's final action in the novel? (from Part 3, Chapter 1 – Part 3, Chapter 3)

He steals a covered wagon.

He kills Charley Hoge.

He shoots McDonald.

He burns McDonald's buffalo hides.

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