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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. What objects does Schneider realize have been weighing down the thirsty oxen due to their nearly two-ton weight?
(a) Guns and bullets.
(b) Shovels and other tools.
(c) Coffee and anvils.
(d) Gun powder and bullets.

2. What does Miller do when he approaches the dead leader of the buffalo herd?
(a) He rolls it over.
(b) He shoots it again to make sure it is dead.
(c) He kicks it in the ribs.
(d) He scuffs its fur with the toe of his boot.

3. What instruction does Miller give Andrews about the leader of the buffalo herd?
(a) He says that the leader of the herd must be killed only after the whole herd is dead.
(b) He says that one should never kill the leader of the herd.
(c) He says that one should locate and kill the leader of the herd first.
(d) He says that the leader of the buffalo herd is the most dangerous.

4. Miller states that the people who come to collect the buffalo bones will use the bones for what purpose?
(a) Rein adornments.
(b) Marrow extraction.
(c) Pendants.
(d) Fertilizer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Miller asks why Andrews had turned down a job with McDonald, what is Andrews's reply?

2. What term does Miller give the "huge saucerlike depression" (81) the party comes upon?

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

4. About what issue does Schneider tease Andrews?

5. Whom does McDonald describe as not knowing "what to do with themselves" (22)?

(see the answer key)

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