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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 object does Miller NOT use to get a fire started the morning the men awake to snow covering the land around them?
(a) Dry branches.
(b) Paper.
(c) Wagon wheels.
(d) A tinderbox.

2. Andrews presents a letter to McDonald when he finds him in Butcher's Crossing. By whom is the letter signed?
(a) By Andrews's cousin.
(b) By Andrews's brother.
(c) By Andrews's father.
(d) By Andrews's uncle.

3. Miller tells Andrews that a buffalo never dies from what cause?
(a) Running off a cliff.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Old age.
(d) A single gunshot wound.

4. Who is in charge of poisoning the wolves in the valley?
(a) Schneider.
(b) Miller.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Charley.

5. What had Andrews been doing back east before traveling to Butcher's Crossing?
(a) He had spent two years at Harvard College.
(b) He had spent one year at Harvard College.
(c) He had spent three years at Harvard College.
(d) He had spent one semester at Harvard College.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Andrews use to describe the land around him, now that it is covered with snow?

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

3. What is NOT a material used by someone in the hunting party when he turns gunpowder into bullets?

4. To what state does the trail that Schneider wants to follow toward water eventually lead?

5. Who drives the oxen team during the hunting expedition?

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