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

2. 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?
(a) Bullock.
(b) Swearingen.
(c) Ellsworth.
(d) Garrett.

3. To what state will the hunting expedition travel?
(a) California.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Montana.

4. What had Andrews been doing back east before traveling to Butcher's Crossing?
(a) He had spent one semester at Harvard College.
(b) He had spent one year at Harvard College.
(c) He had spent two years at Harvard College.
(d) He had spent three years at Harvard College.

5. How many miles does Miller say the hunting party has traveled by noon on the first day?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what state does the trail that Schneider wants to follow toward water eventually lead?

2. How does Andrews attempt to alleviate the pain he is feeling from riding on the first day of the expedition?

3. How long ago does Miller say the hunt took place that resulted in the pile of buffalo bones?

4. What is NOT a quality of the hunting party's horses by noon on the first day of the expedition?

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

(see the answer key)

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