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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. For what reason does McDonald "wave angrily" at Andrews when Andrews leaves his office after their first meeting?
(a) Because Andrews had been unable to pay his father's debts to McDonald.
(b) Because McDonald had been unable to talk Andrews out of meeting the hunters.
(c) Because Andrews had been unwilling to be placed in a blacksmith apprenticeship.
(d) Because he knows that Andrews is about to take advantage of his kindness.

2. What is Andrews's reply when Schneider asks him whether he wants to side with Miller or himself on the subject of finding water?
(a) Andrews says that he does not want to lose a week following Schneider's plan.
(b) Andrews says he has no right to speak because he does not know the country.
(c) Andrews says that whatever Miller says goes, since he is the expedition leader.
(d) Andrews says that he is mighty thirsty, so he thinks they should go with Schneider's plan.

3. Miller states that the people who come to collect the buffalo bones will use the bones for what purpose?
(a) Pendants.
(b) Marrow extraction.
(c) Rein adornments.
(d) Fertilizer.

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

5. What number room is Andrews given when he checks into the hotel in Butcher's Crossing?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 60.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the expedition does the hunting party find a pile of buffalo bones?

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

3. What type of animal will be hunted during the hunting expedition?

4. What does the hunting party do when the sun goes down on the first day of the trip?

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

(see the answer key)

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