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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters IV-VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only member of the party with the skills to turn gunpowder into bullets?
(a) Miller.
(b) Charley.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Schneider.

2. Miller tells Andrews that buffalo "always face" (127) in what direction?
(a) Downwind.
(b) Upwind.
(c) East.
(d) Northwest.

3. On what object does Andrews have to keep his eyes fixed in order to follow the hunting party once the land becomes flat?
(a) Charley's reins.
(b) The horizon.
(c) Schneider's back.
(d) Miller's back.

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

5. What objects does Schneider realize have been weighing down the thirsty oxen due to their nearly two-ton weight?
(a) Guns and bullets.
(b) Shovels and other tools.
(c) Gun powder and bullets.
(d) Coffee and anvils.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the establishment where Andrews finds Miller for the first time?

2. For what reason does Miller keep the hunting party on the trail, even though the land to the sides of the trail is more level?

3. What had Andrews been doing back east before traveling to Butcher's Crossing?

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

5. Who starts the first campfire of the hunting expedition trip?

(see the answer key)

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