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

2. Who rides beside Andrews throughout the hunting expedition?
(a) Charley.
(b) Miller.
(c) McDonald.
(d) Schneider.

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

4. What does Andrews's family member who wrote the letter to McDonald do for a living?
(a) He is a trapper.
(b) He is a preacher.
(c) He is a blacksmith.
(d) He is a dentist.

5. What type of food does Schneider muse about missing?
(a) Greens.
(b) Beans.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. By dark, how many "fair-sized trees" have the two men chopping firewood felled?

2. How many weeks of provisions does the hunting party bring on the trip?

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

4. What is NOT a quality of Andrews's character by noon on the first day of the expedition?

5. What does Miller do to help the man traveling from Ohio to California?

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