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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. For what reason does Miller keep the hunting party on the trail, even though the land to the sides of the trail is more level?
(a) He is worried the team will become lost if they venture away from the trail.
(b) He wants the oxen team to learn how to work together on an uneven trail.
(c) He likes to see Andrews suffer.
(d) The sharp grass off the trail will hurt the oxen's hooves.

2. Miller says that buffalo are always either killed by a man or what?
(a) Impaled by a rival.
(b) Dragged down by a wolf.
(c) Chased into Colorado territory.
(d) Killed by a cougar.

3. The hunting party at one point comes upon the dead carcass of what animal?
(a) A dog.
(b) A buffalo bull.
(c) A buffalo calf.
(d) A buffalo cow.

4. By dark, how many "fair-sized trees" have the two men chopping firewood felled?
(a) Half a dozen.
(b) Three dozen.
(c) Two dozen.
(d) A dozen.

5. Who calls into question Miller's recollection of the sought valley's location just before the hunting party reaches it?
(a) Miller.
(b) Schneider.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Charley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who funds the hunting expedition?

2. Who is the only member of the party with the skills to turn gunpowder into bullets?

3. What is NOT a sound perceived by Andrews during his brief periods of wakefulness during his first night in Butcher's Crossing?

4. Who constructs a tent out of canvas and wood once the hunting party sets up camp in the valley?

5. For what reason does Miller say that the buffalo hunters they hear on the first night must not "have many hides" (76)?

(see the answer key)

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