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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event does McDonald say will change everything about the town of Butcher's Crossing soon?
(a) The arrival of a sheriff.
(b) The arrival of winter.
(c) The arrival of the railroad.
(d) The annexation of the territory.

2. What does Miller do to help the man traveling from Ohio to California?
(a) He gives the man a canteen of water.
(b) He tells the man where to turn off the trail for help.
(c) He shoots the man's rabid dog.
(d) He shoots the man's horse and gives him a new one.

3. The bartender tells Andrews that when he does find Miller, Miller will likely be sitting with whom?
(a) Andrews's father.
(b) Francine.
(c) Charley.
(d) Schneider.

4. Which of Charley's body parts is missing?
(a) His left hand.
(b) His left foot.
(c) His right foot.
(d) His right hand.

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

6. Andrews presents a letter to McDonald when he finds him in Butcher's Crossing. By whom is the letter signed?
(a) By Andrews's brother.
(b) By Andrews's cousin.
(c) By Andrews's uncle.
(d) By Andrews's father.

7. How is the protagonist's age described?
(a) Early thirties.
(b) Late twenties.
(c) Late teens.
(d) Early twenties.

8. How many weeks of provisions does the hunting party bring on the trip?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

10. 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) One of the horses stumbles and falls down.
(c) He notices that the horses are no longer sweating.
(d) One of the oxen stumbles and falls down.

11. When the hunting party comes upon a man traveling from Ohio to California, what problem is the man having?
(a) His dog is rabid.
(b) His mule is lame.
(c) His horse is lame.
(d) He has run out of water.

12. Miller tells Andrews that buffalo move toward a watering hole in what manner?
(a) They visit the water in groups and take turns drinking.
(b) They run headlong toward the water and trample one another in the process.
(c) They converge upon the water no matter what types of animals are already drinking.
(d) They line up single file and then spread out as they come closer to the water.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Miller say that the buffalo hunters they hear on the first night must not "have many hides" (76)?

2. How had Charley lost a part of his body?

3. What instruction does the letter from Andrews's family member provide to McDonald?

4. 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?

5. What does the hunting party do when the sun goes down on the first day of the trip?

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