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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. About whom does Andrews ask the prostitute he meets at the bar upon the return to Butcher's Crossing?
(a) Andrews's father.
(b) Miller.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Francine.

2. Who starts the first campfire of the hunting expedition trip?
(a) Miller.
(b) Charley.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Andrews.

3. How many steps toward the men does the leader of the herd take before he falls to the ground?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. What is NOT a quality of the hunting party's horses by noon on the first day of the expedition?
(a) There are white flecks of foam covering their mouths.
(b) Their hides are shining with sweat.
(c) They continually shake their heads against the bits.
(d) They are irritable and are trying to bite one another.

5. Miller comes back from his ride to report that he had been unable to get within what distance from the pass?
(a) Half a mile.
(b) 3 miles.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) 1 mile.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who leads Charley toward the fire so that he will not freeze to death?

3. At what location do the remaining members of the hunting party find McDonald?

4. At the start of the novel, the as-yet-unnamed protagonist rides within a stagecoach on its way to what town to Butcher's Crossing?

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

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