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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. When Charley sits down at the end of his reaction to the news that the party might be snowed in for the winter, who does he name as the person who will fix their problem?
(a) Marshall Cogburn.
(b) Andrews.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Miller.

2. The new clerk at the Butcher's Hotel says he has only been in town for how long?
(a) A few days.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 1 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

3. What does Miller do to help the man traveling from Ohio to California?
(a) He shoots the man's rabid dog.
(b) He tells the man where to turn off the trail for help.
(c) He gives the man a canteen of water.
(d) He shoots the man's horse and gives him a new one.

4. What event does McDonald say will change everything about the town of Butcher's Crossing soon?
(a) The annexation of the territory.
(b) The arrival of a sheriff.
(c) The arrival of winter.
(d) The arrival of the railroad.

5. Miller tells Schneider that his protests about finding water make Miller think that Schneider just wants what?
(a) A medal for bravery.
(b) A nice rest.
(c) An extra week of pay.
(d) A black eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does McDonald "wave angrily" at Andrews when Andrews leaves his office after their first meeting?

2. What object does Miller NOT use to get a fire started the morning the men awake to snow covering the land around them?

3. For what purpose do the members of the hunting party add a particular liquid to the boiling buffalo hides?

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

5. When Miller insists that McDonald must be lying about the state of the buffalo hide market, in what town does Miller say he can sell the hides?

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