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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is NOT an element of the hunting party's breakfast on the first morning of the hunt?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Fried mush.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Side meat.

3. When Andrews awakes on the morning of the hunt's first day, who is already up and active?
(a) Charley.
(b) Miller and Schneider.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Miller.

4. Who sharpens all of the knives brought along by the hunting party?
(a) Charley.
(b) Schneider.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Miller.

5. What is the canvas and wooden tent meant to protect?
(a) The sleeping men.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) Guns.
(d) Oxen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What substance does the person who poisons the wolves use to poison them?

2. How is the protagonist's age described?

3. What instruction does the letter from Andrews's family member provide to McDonald?

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

5. How many weeks of provisions does the hunting party bring on the trip?

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