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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. For what reason does Miller say that the buffalo hunters they hear on the first night must not "have many hides" (76)?
(a) Because they are moving too quickly.
(b) Because they do not appear to have a skinner with them.
(c) Because they are traveling deeper into the wilderness.
(d) Because they are moving too slowly.

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

3. Miller reports that during his ride, he had seen snow up to how many feet deep?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 24.

4. When Charley sits down at the end of his reaction to the news that the party might be snowed in for the winter, who does he name as the person who will fix their problem?
(a) Andrews.
(b) Miller.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Marshall Cogburn.

5. About whom does Andrews ask the prostitute he meets at the bar upon the return to Butcher's Crossing?
(a) Francine.
(b) Schneider.
(c) Miller.
(d) Andrews's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a material used by someone in the hunting party when he turns gunpowder into bullets?

2. To what state does the trail that Schneider wants to follow toward water eventually lead?

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

4. How many buffalo does Miller kill before he cleans out his rifle?

5. What is Miller's reply when Schneider tells Miller to stop shooting because he has already killed 60 or 70 buffalo?

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