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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Andrews is told that McDonald can be found in "a little shack just this side of" (15) what feature?
(a) The marsh.
(b) The brining pits.
(c) The jail.
(d) The only restaurant in town.

2. Who rides beside Andrews throughout the hunting expedition?
(a) Charley.
(b) McDonald.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Miller.

3. What term does Miller give the "huge saucerlike depression" (81) the party comes upon?
(a) A fault line.
(b) A buffalo wallow.
(c) A buffalo bathtub.
(d) A former watering hole.

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

5. What happens to cause Miller to decide to use the last of the party's water for the oxen and horses?
(a) He notices that the horses are no longer sweating.
(b) One of the oxen stumbles and falls down.
(c) Andrews pleads with him to help the animals.
(d) One of the horses stumbles and falls down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects does Schneider realize have been weighing down the thirsty oxen due to their nearly two-ton weight?

2. How does McDonald describe the town of Butcher's Crossing on the day Andrews first comes to see him?

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. How does Andrews respond to the question about whether he has had a "rough day" (75) on the first day of the trip?

5. The hunting party at one point comes upon the dead carcass of what animal?

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