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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. What is Andrews's reply when Schneider asks him whether he wants to side with Miller or himself on the subject of finding water?
(a) Andrews says that whatever Miller says goes, since he is the expedition leader.
(b) Andrews says that he does not want to lose a week following Schneider's plan.
(c) Andrews says that he is mighty thirsty, so he thinks they should go with Schneider's plan.
(d) Andrews says he has no right to speak because he does not know the country.

2. What adjective does Andrews use to describe the land around him, now that it is covered with snow?
(a) Strange.
(b) Cold.
(c) Bright.
(d) White.

3. When Miller asks why Andrews had turned down a job with McDonald, what is Andrews's reply?
(a) He has no experience in blacksmith work.
(b) He does not think he would like McDonald's managerial style.
(c) He has no experience in tanning hides.
(d) He does not want to be tied down.

4. Miller states that the people who come to collect the buffalo bones will use the bones for what purpose?
(a) Rein adornments.
(b) Fertilizer.
(c) Marrow extraction.
(d) Pendants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Andrews sleep the night before the hunt begins?

2. How many steps toward the men does the leader of the herd take before he falls to the ground?

3. On his first morning spent in Butcher's Crossing, who tells Andrews where McDonald lives?

4. What items belonging to the hunting party are found to have blown away during the blizzard?

5. Who is designated as the person who will follow along behind the hunting party and collect the hides?

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