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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. When Andrews finds a hotel room, how much does the room cost per night?
(a) $12.
(b) $4.
(c) $2.
(d) 50 cents.

2. For what reason does Miller say that the buffalo hunters they hear on the first night must not "have many hides" (76)?
(a) Because they are moving too slowly.
(b) Because they are moving too quickly.
(c) Because they are traveling deeper into the wilderness.
(d) Because they do not appear to have a skinner with them.

3. What type of animal will be hunted during the hunting expedition?
(a) Caribou.
(b) Elk.
(c) Bighorn sheep.
(d) Buffalo.

4. How does McDonald describe the town of Butcher's Crossing on the day Andrews first comes to see him?
(a) A one-horse town.
(b) A hide town.
(c) A coal town.
(d) A railroad town.

5. How is the protagonist's facial complexion described?
(a) Fair.
(b) Swarthy.
(c) Freckled.
(d) Pockmarked.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What color is the Smoky Hill River?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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