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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Metal.
(b) Glue.
(c) Paste.
(d) Wood.

3. What is NOT a type of business operating within the town of Butcher's Crossing?
(a) Blacksmith shop.
(b) Leather goods shop.
(c) Livery stable.
(d) Dental office.

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

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

6. The hunting party leaves Butcher's Crossing on the 25th day of what month?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) July.
(d) August.

7. McDonald asks Andrews for a favor before he leaves McDonald's presence. What is it?
(a) McDonald asks Andrews to tell his father hello on McDonald's behalf.
(b) McDonald asks Andrews to bring news of Butcher's Crossing back to Boston.
(c) McDonald asks Andrews to let him know if Andrews is going to be leaving on a hunting expedition.
(d) McDonald asks Andrews for a small loan.

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

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

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

11. 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) One-tenth of the water tank.
(c) One-half of the water tank.
(d) A finger's width of the water tank.

12. For what reason does McDonald "wave angrily" at Andrews when Andrews leaves his office after their first meeting?
(a) Because Andrews had been unable to pay his father's debts to McDonald.
(b) Because he knows that Andrews is about to take advantage of his kindness.
(c) Because McDonald had been unable to talk Andrews out of meeting the hunters.
(d) Because Andrews had been unwilling to be placed in a blacksmith apprenticeship.

13. 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 he has no right to speak because he does not know the country.
(c) Andrews says that whatever Miller says goes, since he is the expedition leader.
(d) Andrews says that he is mighty thirsty, so he thinks they should go with Schneider's plan.

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

15. What is the name of the establishment where Andrews finds Miller for the first time?
(a) Jackson's.
(b) Juan's.
(c) Johnson's.
(d) Jezebel's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a quality of the hunting party's horses by noon on the first day of the expedition?

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

3. At what point does the reader learn that the protagonist's name is William Andrews?

4. When Miller asks why Andrews had turned down a job with McDonald, what is Andrews's reply?

5. How is the protagonist's facial complexion described?

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