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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tells Andrews to go get his knives so the men can sharpen them?
(a) McDonald.
(b) Miller.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Charley.

3. What is Andrews's reply when the hotel clerk asks what kind of clothes Andrews would like the clerk to buy?
(a) Comfortable ones.
(b) Classy ones.
(c) Clean ones.
(d) Rugged ones.

4. What object does Miller NOT use to get a fire started the morning the men awake to snow covering the land around them?
(a) A tinderbox.
(b) Wagon wheels.
(c) Paper.
(d) Dry branches.

5. For how long does Charley dig in the snow to find his lost object?
(a) Two hours.
(b) An hour.
(c) Thirty minutes.
(d) Ten minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens the first time Charley drinks whiskey in many months?

2. What object does Charley lose in the snow?

3. Miller tells Andrews that buffalo "always face" (127) in what direction?

4. About whom does Andrews ask the prostitute he meets at the bar upon the return to Butcher's Crossing?

5. What does Miller remark about the movement of the buffalo herd when the party wakes up on the day the hunt begins?

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