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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 does Andrews respond to the question about whether he has had a "rough day" (75) on the first day of the trip?
(a) He blurts out that he wants to go back to Boston.
(b) He nods.
(c) He shakes his head no.
(d) He smiles.

2. By dark, how many "fair-sized trees" have the two men chopping firewood felled?
(a) Three dozen.
(b) A dozen.
(c) Two dozen.
(d) Half a dozen.

3. Who drives the oxen team during the hunting expedition?
(a) Schneider.
(b) Miller.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Charley.

4. For what reason does McDonald "wave angrily" at Andrews when Andrews leaves his office after their first meeting?
(a) Because Andrews had been unable to pay his father's debts to McDonald.
(b) Because Andrews had been unwilling to be placed in a blacksmith apprenticeship.
(c) Because he knows that Andrews is about to take advantage of his kindness.
(d) Because McDonald had been unable to talk Andrews out of meeting the hunters.

5. How many weeks of provisions does the hunting party bring on the trip?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the protagonist's facial complexion described?

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

3. For what reason does Miller say that the buffalo hunters they hear on the first night must not "have many hides" (76)?

4. The buffalo hides used by the men to build their shelter are secured with what objects?

5. What type of food does Schneider muse about missing?

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