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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many buffalo does Miller kill on the first day of the hunt?
(a) 140.
(b) 40.
(c) 70.
(d) 190.

2. Miller tells Schneider that if they had to, they could stay in the valley for what amount of time shooting buffalo?
(a) All month.
(b) All winter.
(c) All year.
(d) All autumn.

3. At what point does the reader learn that the protagonist's name is William Andrews?
(a) When he tells Francine his name.
(b) When he signs his name at the hotel.
(c) When he signs his name at the post office.
(d) When he signs his name at the bank.

4. Miller tells Andrews that buffalo move toward a watering hole in what manner?
(a) They visit the water in groups and take turns drinking.
(b) They run headlong toward the water and trample one another in the process.
(c) They line up single file and then spread out as they come closer to the water.
(d) They converge upon the water no matter what types of animals are already drinking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After how many days of sleeping in a snow mound does Andrews wake to find snow everywhere upon the land?

2. For how many days have the members of the hunting party gone without food by the time Miller rides up to look at the snow?

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

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

5. Who funds the hunting expedition?

(see the answer key)

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