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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miller do to help the man traveling from Ohio to California?
(a) He shoots the man's horse and gives him a new one.
(b) He gives the man a canteen of water.
(c) He tells the man where to turn off the trail for help.
(d) He shoots the man's rabid dog.

2. For what reason does Miller say that the buffalo hunters they hear on the first night must not "have many hides" (76)?
(a) Because they are moving too quickly.
(b) Because they are traveling deeper into the wilderness.
(c) Because they do not appear to have a skinner with them.
(d) Because they are moving too slowly.

3. What objects do the members of the hunting party use to create comfortable beds once they set up camp in the valley?
(a) Sponges.
(b) Pine needles.
(c) Grasses.
(d) Pussy willows.

4. To what state does the trail that Schneider wants to follow toward water eventually lead?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Colorado.

5. Once the men get a fire started, who thrusts "his boots close to the fire, and almost into it" (186)?
(a) Miller.
(b) Andrews.
(c) Charley.
(d) Schneider.

Short Answer Questions

1. The buffalo hides used by the men to build their shelter are secured with what objects?

2. What does Miller remark about the movement of the buffalo herd when the party wakes up on the day the hunt begins?

3. What is the canvas and wooden tent meant to protect?

4. What color is the Smoky Hill River?

5. What is Andrews's reply when Schneider asks him whether he wants to side with Miller or himself on the subject of finding water?

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