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

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

3. Andrews asks the hotel clerk if the clerk knows a man by what surname?
(a) McGillicuddy.
(b) Miller.
(c) McDonald.
(d) Steinway.

4. What happens to cause Miller to decide to use the last of the party's water for the oxen and horses?
(a) Andrews pleads with him to help the animals.
(b) He notices that the horses are no longer sweating.
(c) One of the horses stumbles and falls down.
(d) One of the oxen stumbles and falls down.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is NOT a type of business operating within the town of Butcher's Crossing?

3. Who drives the oxen team during the hunting expedition?

4. What event does McDonald say will change everything about the town of Butcher's Crossing soon?

5. On what object does Andrews have to keep his eyes fixed in order to follow the hunting party once the land becomes flat?

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