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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 constructs a tent out of canvas and wood once the hunting party sets up camp in the valley?
(a) Charley and Andrews.
(b) Miller and Schneider.
(c) Andrews and Miller.
(d) Schneider and Charley.

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?
(a) The sharp grass off the trail will hurt the oxen's hooves.
(b) He is worried the team will become lost if they venture away from the trail.
(c) He wants the oxen team to learn how to work together on an uneven trail.
(d) He likes to see Andrews suffer.

3. What instruction does Miller give Andrews about the leader of the buffalo herd?
(a) He says that one should never kill the leader of the herd.
(b) He says that the leader of the buffalo herd is the most dangerous.
(c) He says that the leader of the herd must be killed only after the whole herd is dead.
(d) He says that one should locate and kill the leader of the herd first.

4. Who tells Andrews to go get his knives so the men can sharpen them?
(a) Miller.
(b) Charley.
(c) Schneider.
(d) McDonald.

5. How far away from Miller are the buffalo before he starts shooting?
(a) 150 yards.
(b) 20 yards.
(c) 50 yards.
(d) 300 yards.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What objects do the members of the hunting party use to create comfortable beds once they set up camp in the valley?

3. What number room is Andrews given when he checks into the hotel in Butcher's Crossing?

4. Andrews asks the hotel clerk if the clerk knows a man by what surname?

5. What is NOT an element of the hunting party's breakfast on the first morning of the hunt?

(see the answer key)

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