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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. What is the canvas and wooden tent meant to protect?
(a) The sleeping men.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) Oxen.
(d) Guns.

2. What term does Miller give the "huge saucerlike depression" (81) the party comes upon?
(a) A buffalo wallow.
(b) A buffalo bathtub.
(c) A former watering hole.
(d) A fault line.

3. What event does McDonald say will change everything about the town of Butcher's Crossing soon?
(a) The annexation of the territory.
(b) The arrival of winter.
(c) The arrival of a sheriff.
(d) The arrival of the railroad.

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

5. What is the hotel clerk's reply when Andrews asks the clerk if he knows a man by a particular name?
(a) The clerk replies that they do not meet many strangers in Butcher's Crossing.
(b) The clerk replies that he will need to be paid for any information he provides.
(c) The clerk replies that he does know the man and so does everyone else.
(d) The clerk replies that he has never heard the name before.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Andrews respond to the question about whether he has had a "rough day" (75) on the first day of the trip?

2. Who is the only member of the party with the skills to turn gunpowder into bullets?

3. McDonald asks Andrews for a favor before he leaves McDonald's presence. What is it?

4. When the pain in Andrews's legs dulls after a few days, what word does the narrator use to describe how his legs feel?

5. What type of food does Schneider muse about missing?

(see the answer key)

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