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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sort of luggage does John Williams describe being carried by the protagonist on his trip to Butcher's Crossing?
(a) A suitcase.
(b) No luggage.
(c) A rucksack.
(d) A carpetbag.

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

4. What is Andrews's reply when Schneider asks him whether he wants to side with Miller or himself on the subject of finding water?
(a) Andrews says that he is mighty thirsty, so he thinks they should go with Schneider's plan.
(b) Andrews says that whatever Miller says goes, since he is the expedition leader.
(c) Andrews says he has no right to speak because he does not know the country.
(d) Andrews says that he does not want to lose a week following Schneider's plan.

5. How is the protagonist's facial complexion described?
(a) Swarthy.
(b) Freckled.
(c) Fair.
(d) Pockmarked.

6. McDonald warns Andrews not to talk to hunters in town for what reason?
(a) Because the hunters in town will swindle Andrews.
(b) Because the hunters in town are enemies of Andrews's father.
(c) Because the hunters in town are violent.
(d) Because then Andrews will want to go out on a hunting expedition.

7. What term does Miller give the "huge saucerlike depression" (81) the party comes upon?
(a) A fault line.
(b) A buffalo wallow.
(c) A buffalo bathtub.
(d) A former watering hole.

8. How many buildings are described as making up the town of Butcher's Crossing?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 20.

9. Whom does McDonald describe as not knowing "what to do with themselves" (22)?
(a) Hunters.
(b) City-dwellers.
(c) Women.
(d) Young people.

10. From what city had Andrews originally begun his journey to Butcher's Crossing?
(a) Albany.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York City.
(d) Cincinnati.

11. What is the name of the trail the hunting party takes to reach the Colorado territory?
(a) The Foggy Mountain trail.
(b) The Snake River trail.
(c) The Smoky Hill trail.
(d) The Golden Peninsula trail.

12. On what day of the expedition does the hunting party find a pile of buffalo bones?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

13. What is NOT a sound perceived by Andrews during his brief periods of wakefulness during his first night in Butcher's Crossing?
(a) The sounds of voices.
(b) The laughter of a woman.
(c) The jingling of bridle bells.
(d) A shrill scream.

14. The hunting party at one point comes upon the dead carcass of what animal?
(a) A buffalo cow.
(b) A buffalo calf.
(c) A dog.
(d) A buffalo bull.

15. 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 slowly.
(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 quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what state will the hunting expedition travel?

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

3. How many miles does Miller say the hunting party has traveled by noon on the first day?

4. Once Andrews settles into his hotel room, he realizes that he has not seen one iteration of which object within the town of Butcher's Crossing?

5. When the pain in Andrews's legs dulls after a few days, what word does the narrator use to describe how his legs feel?

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