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

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

4. To what state does the trail that Schneider wants to follow toward water eventually lead?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Arkansas.

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

6. 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 does not want to lose a week following 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 is mighty thirsty, so he thinks they should go with Schneider's plan.

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

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

9. 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-half of the water tank.
(d) One-tenth of the water tank.

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

11. 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) Garrett.
(b) Ellsworth.
(c) Swearingen.
(d) Bullock.

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

13. How many miles does Miller say the hunting party has traveled by noon on the first day?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

14. What does Andrews's family member who wrote the letter to McDonald do for a living?
(a) He is a trapper.
(b) He is a blacksmith.
(c) He is a preacher.
(d) He is a dentist.

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