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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who watches Andrews get down off his horse and asks him if he has had a "rough day" (75)?
(a) Miller.
(b) McDonald.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Charley.

2. What had Andrews been doing back east before traveling to Butcher's Crossing?
(a) He had spent two years at Harvard College.
(b) He had spent three years at Harvard College.
(c) He had spent one semester at Harvard College.
(d) He had spent one year at Harvard College.

3. How had Charley lost a part of his body?
(a) In a blizzard.
(b) In a coach accident.
(c) In a blacksmith accident.
(d) In a tanning accident.

4. Miller tells Schneider that his protests about finding water make Miller think that Schneider just wants what?
(a) A nice rest.
(b) An extra week of pay.
(c) A medal for bravery.
(d) A black eye.

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

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

7. For how long had Andrews been traveling before stopping in Butcher's Crossing?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

8. 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.

9. On what object does Andrews have to keep his eyes fixed in order to follow the hunting party once the land becomes flat?
(a) The horizon.
(b) Charley's reins.
(c) Miller's back.
(d) Schneider's back.

10. Andrews asks the hotel clerk if the clerk knows a man by what surname?
(a) Steinway.
(b) McGillicuddy.
(c) McDonald.
(d) Miller.

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

12. Who calls into question Miller's recollection of the sought valley's location just before the hunting party reaches it?
(a) Miller.
(b) Schneider.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Charley.

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

14. What does the hunting party do when the sun goes down on the first day of the trip?
(a) They bed down for the night.
(b) They take a short break and light torches.
(c) They stop for dinner and then continue traveling.
(d) They keep traveling.

15. Who starts the first campfire of the hunting expedition trip?
(a) Charley.
(b) Miller.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Schneider.

Short Answer Questions

1. On his first morning spent in Butcher's Crossing, who tells Andrews where McDonald lives?

2. For what reason does Miller keep the hunting party on the trail, even though the land to the sides of the trail is more level?

3. Miller states that the people who come to collect the buffalo bones will use the bones for what purpose?

4. What does Miller do to help the man traveling from Ohio to California?

5. What color is the Smoky Hill River?

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