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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. How many steps toward the men does the leader of the herd take before he falls to the ground?
(a) 12.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

2. What objects do the members of the hunting party use to create comfortable beds once they set up camp in the valley?
(a) Sponges.
(b) Pine needles.
(c) Grasses.
(d) Pussy willows.

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

4. How is the protagonist's age described?
(a) Late teens.
(b) Early thirties.
(c) Early twenties.
(d) Late twenties.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a sound perceived by Andrews during his brief periods of wakefulness during his first night in Butcher's Crossing?

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

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

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

5. From what city had Andrews originally begun his journey to Butcher's Crossing?

(see the answer key)

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