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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. What does the hunting party do when the sun goes down on the first day of the trip?
(a) They keep traveling.
(b) They bed down for the night.
(c) They take a short break and light torches.
(d) They stop for dinner and then continue traveling.

2. What is NOT a sound perceived by Andrews during his brief periods of wakefulness during his first night in Butcher's Crossing?
(a) The jingling of bridle bells.
(b) The laughter of a woman.
(c) The sounds of voices.
(d) A shrill scream.

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

4. Charley does NOT cook which food for the hunting party while they are resting near Smoky Hill?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Corn fritters.
(c) Soaked beans.
(d) Sow belly.

5. Who drives the oxen team during the hunting expedition?
(a) Charley.
(b) Schneider.
(c) Miller.
(d) Andrews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the establishment where Andrews finds Miller for the first time?

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

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

4. Andrews presents a letter to McDonald when he finds him in Butcher's Crossing. By whom is the letter signed?

5. What does Andrews's family member who wrote the letter to McDonald do for a living?

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