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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 substance does the person who poisons the wolves use to poison them?
(a) Arsenic.
(b) Nightshade.
(c) Morning glories.
(d) Strychnine.

2. What instruction does the letter from Andrews's family member provide to McDonald?
(a) It says that McDonald should invest in Andrews's hunting expedition.
(b) It says that McDonald should help Andrews any way he can.
(c) It says that McDonald should place Andrews in a blacksmith apprenticeship.
(d) It says that McDonald should pay his debts.

3. Who leads Charley toward the fire so that he will not freeze to death?
(a) Andrews.
(b) McDonald.
(c) Miller.
(d) Schneider.

4. Miller instructs Andrews that when shooting buffalo, one should aim just a little behind what part of the buffalo?
(a) The shoulder blade.
(b) The flank.
(c) The throat.
(d) The ribs.

5. How many buffalo does Miller say the pile of bones represents?
(a) 20 or 30.
(b) 300-400.
(c) 10 or 20.
(d) 30 or 40.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Miller tells Schneider that if they had to, they could stay in the valley for what amount of time shooting buffalo?

4. How is the protagonist's age described?

5. Who funds the hunting expedition?

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