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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 far away from Miller are the buffalo before he starts shooting?
(a) 50 yards.
(b) 20 yards.
(c) 150 yards.
(d) 300 yards.

2. How does Andrews sleep the night before the hunt begins?
(a) Not at all.
(b) In spurts.
(c) Fitfully.
(d) Soundly.

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

4. What is the hotel clerk's reply when Andrews asks the clerk if he knows a man by a particular name?
(a) The clerk replies that they do not meet many strangers in Butcher's Crossing.
(b) The clerk replies that he has never heard the name before.
(c) The clerk replies that he will need to be paid for any information he provides.
(d) The clerk replies that he does know the man and so does everyone else.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the expedition does the hunting party find a pile of buffalo bones?

2. By dark, how many "fair-sized trees" have the two men chopping firewood felled?

3. Who cuts a supply of firewood once the hunting party sets up camp in the valley?

4. Who tells Andrews to go get his knives so the men can sharpen them?

5. What objects does Schneider realize have been weighing down the thirsty oxen due to their nearly two-ton weight?

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