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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. At the start of the novel, the as-yet-unnamed protagonist rides within a stagecoach on its way to what town to Butcher's Crossing?
(a) Swearingen.
(b) Garrett.
(c) Bullock.
(d) Ellsworth.

2. For how long does Charley dig in the snow to find his lost object?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) An hour.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Ten minutes.

3. Schneider is drawing how many dollars per month during the buffalo expedition?
(a) 40.
(b) 15.
(c) 60.
(d) 30.

4. On what object does Andrews have to keep his eyes fixed in order to follow the hunting party once the land becomes flat?
(a) Miller's back.
(b) Schneider's back.
(c) Charley's reins.
(d) The horizon.

5. On what day of the expedition does the hunting party find a pile of buffalo bones?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Miller give the "huge saucerlike depression" (81) the party comes upon?

2. How does Charley react to the news that the hunting party is likely snowed in for the winter?

3. Miller states that it is "likely as not" (184) that Schneider has done what in the night?

4. At what point does the reader learn that the protagonist's name is William Andrews?

5. What is the hotel clerk's reply when Andrews asks the clerk if he knows a man by a particular name?

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