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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who serves as the leader of the hunting expedition?
(a) Schneider.
(b) McDonald.
(c) Charley.
(d) Miller.

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

3. Miller states that people with what jobs will come to collect the buffalo bones?
(a) Oil barons.
(b) Blacksmiths.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Jewelry makers.

4. Andrews is told that McDonald can be found in "a little shack just this side of" (15) what feature?
(a) The brining pits.
(b) The marsh.
(c) The jail.
(d) The only restaurant in town.

5. At the start of the novel, the as-yet-unnamed protagonist rides within a stagecoach on its way to what town to Butcher's Crossing?
(a) Bullock.
(b) Garrett.
(c) Ellsworth.
(d) Swearingen.

6. Who funds the hunting expedition?
(a) Charley.
(b) Miller.
(c) Andrews.
(d) McDonald.

7. When Miller asks why Andrews had turned down a job with McDonald, what is Andrews's reply?
(a) He has no experience in tanning hides.
(b) He does not think he would like McDonald's managerial style.
(c) He does not want to be tied down.
(d) He has no experience in blacksmith work.

8. Who rides beside Andrews throughout the hunting expedition?
(a) Schneider.
(b) Charley.
(c) McDonald.
(d) Miller.

9. At what point does the reader learn that the protagonist's name is William Andrews?
(a) When he signs his name at the bank.
(b) When he signs his name at the hotel.
(c) When he tells Francine his name.
(d) When he signs his name at the post office.

10. To what state will the hunting expedition travel?
(a) Montana.
(b) Colorado.
(c) California.
(d) North Carolina.

11. Miller states that the people who come to collect the buffalo bones will use the bones for what purpose?
(a) Rein adornments.
(b) Pendants.
(c) Marrow extraction.
(d) Fertilizer.

12. When the pain in Andrews's legs dulls after a few days, what word does the narrator use to describe how his legs feel?
(a) Wood.
(b) Glue.
(c) Paste.
(d) Metal.

13. Charley does NOT cook which food for the hunting party while they are resting near Smoky Hill?
(a) Sow belly.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Corn fritters.
(d) Soaked beans.

14. On his first morning spent in Butcher's Crossing, who tells Andrews where McDonald lives?
(a) The hotel clerk.
(b) The post office clerk.
(c) The brothel madame.
(d) The doctor.

15. What happens to cause Miller to decide to use the last of the party's water for the oxen and horses?
(a) Andrews pleads with him to help the animals.
(b) He notices that the horses are no longer sweating.
(c) One of the horses stumbles and falls down.
(d) One of the oxen stumbles and falls down.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the hunting party comes upon a man traveling from Ohio to California, what problem is the man having?

3. Andrews presents a letter to McDonald when he finds him in Butcher's Crossing. By whom is the letter signed?

4. Andrews asks the hotel clerk if the clerk knows a man by what surname?

5. What is NOT a quality of Andrews's character by noon on the first day of the expedition?

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