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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. Who carries Miller's supply of ammunition during the hunt?
(a) Charley.
(b) Andrews.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Miller.

2. Whom does McDonald describe as not knowing "what to do with themselves" (22)?
(a) City-dwellers.
(b) Hunters.
(c) Young people.
(d) Women.

3. What happens to cause Miller to decide to use the last of the party's water for the oxen and horses?
(a) One of the oxen stumbles and falls down.
(b) He notices that the horses are no longer sweating.
(c) Andrews pleads with him to help the animals.
(d) One of the horses stumbles and falls down.

4. How does Charley react to the news that the hunting party is likely snowed in for the winter?
(a) He goes to look for more firewood.
(b) He panics.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He is happy.

5. What report does Miller make after inspecting the state of the men's horses?
(a) He says that the horses seem to be in good shape.
(b) He says that two of the horses have frozen to death.
(c) He says that one of the horses is now lame.
(d) He says that the horses will reach starvation mode soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the hunting party believes that Miller cares more about the buffalo hides than he does about human life?

2. Who rides beside Andrews throughout the hunting expedition?

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

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

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

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