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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. What happens when Miller calls out for the bartender once he, Charley, and Andrews enter the bar?
(a) No one answers.
(b) A gunshot is heard.
(c) Someone yells from the back room.
(d) A stranger comes out from behind the bar.

2. What is NOT a quality of Andrews's character by noon on the first day of the expedition?
(a) He has vomited twice.
(b) His buttocks are numb.
(c) His head is pounding.
(d) The flesh on his thighs is rubbed raw.

3. When the hunting party camps on the open prairie, how much water is left after they allow the horses and oxen to drink?
(a) One-fourth of the water tank.
(b) A finger's width of the water tank.
(c) One-tenth of the water tank.
(d) One-half of the water tank.

4. When the hunting party comes upon a man traveling from Ohio to California, what problem is the man having?
(a) He has run out of water.
(b) His mule is lame.
(c) His horse is lame.
(d) His dog is rabid.

5. What adjective does Miller use to describe the scene outside of McDonald's shack?
(a) Dead.
(b) Messy.
(c) Wrong.
(d) Mysterious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new habit of Schneider's alarms Andrews?

2. Who is in charge of poisoning the wolves in the valley?

3. Who serves as the leader of the hunting expedition?

4. On what object does Andrews have to keep his eyes fixed in order to follow the hunting party once the land becomes flat?

5. What sort of luggage does John Williams describe being carried by the protagonist on his trip to Butcher's Crossing?

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