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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 color is the Smoky Hill River?
(a) Gray.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

2. Schneider is drawing how many dollars per month during the buffalo expedition?
(a) 15.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 60.

3. Who is in charge of poisoning the wolves in the valley?
(a) Schneider.
(b) Andrews.
(c) Charley.
(d) Miller.

4. What liquid do the members of the hunting party add to the boiling buffalo hides?
(a) Honey.
(b) Urine.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Pomegranate juice.

5. Which member of the hunting party believes that Miller cares more about the buffalo hides than he does about human life?
(a) Charley.
(b) Schneider.
(c) McDonald.
(d) Andrews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hunting party do when the sun goes down on the first day of the trip?

2. Once the men get a fire started, who thrusts "his boots close to the fire, and almost into it" (186)?

3. For how many days have the members of the hunting party gone without food by the time Miller rides up to look at the snow?

4. How many miles does Miller say the hunting party has traveled by noon on the first day?

5. How does Charley react to the news that the hunting party is likely snowed in for the winter?

(see the answer key)

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