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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters I-III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the protagonist's age described?
(a) Early thirties.
(b) Late teens.
(c) Late twenties.
(d) Early twenties.

2. How does McDonald describe the town of Butcher's Crossing on the day Andrews first comes to see him?
(a) A coal town.
(b) A railroad town.
(c) A one-horse town.
(d) A hide town.

3. Whose arms does McDonald grasp in his own when seeing the man for the first time in months?
(a) Charley.
(b) Andrews.
(c) Miller.
(d) Schneider.

4. Who tells Miller where he can find McDonald?
(a) A banker.
(b) A bartender.
(c) A hunter.
(d) A prostitute.

5. When the hotel clerk asks Andrews when he had last had a bath, what month does Andrews name?
(a) February.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) December.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is sleeping in the snow mound directly adjacent to Andrews's mound?

2. Who constructs a tent out of canvas and wood once the hunting party sets up camp in the valley?

3. The new clerk at the Butcher's Hotel says he has only been in town for how long?

4. What does Miller say will happen if the person who wants to leave tries to make it back to Butcher's Crossing in the snow?

5. Who rides beside Andrews throughout the hunting expedition?

(see the answer key)

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