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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Miller's reply when Andrews asks him how long the hunting party will be snowed in?
(a) Until February.
(b) At least 2 weeks.
(c) At least a month.
(d) Until the pass thaws.

2. Who constructs a tent out of canvas and wood once the hunting party sets up camp in the valley?
(a) Charley and Andrews.
(b) Andrews and Miller.
(c) Miller and Schneider.
(d) Schneider and Charley.

3. What is NOT an element of the hunting party's breakfast on the first morning of the hunt?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Side meat.
(d) Fried mush.

4. How does Andrews sleep the night before the hunt begins?
(a) In spurts.
(b) Soundly.
(c) Not at all.
(d) Fitfully.

5. What object does Miller NOT use to get a fire started the morning the men awake to snow covering the land around them?
(a) Dry branches.
(b) Wagon wheels.
(c) A tinderbox.
(d) Paper.

6. What report does Miller make after inspecting the state of the men's horses?
(a) He says that one of the horses is now lame.
(b) He says that two of the horses have frozen to death.
(c) He says that the horses will reach starvation mode soon.
(d) He says that the horses seem to be in good shape.

7. For what reason does Miller fling grass into the air during the buffalo hunt?
(a) To distract the leader of the herd.
(b) To check the wind direction.
(c) To get Andrews's attention.
(d) To check the wind speed.

8. Schneider is drawing how many dollars per month during the buffalo expedition?
(a) 40.
(b) 60.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

9. What type of food does Schneider muse about missing?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Greens.
(c) Beans.
(d) Chocolate.

10. Against which natural feature does Charley build the party's fire once they have set up camp in the valley?
(a) A forest.
(b) A cave.
(c) A boulder.
(d) A plateau.

11. What does Miller remark about the movement of the buffalo herd when the party wakes up on the day the hunt begins?
(a) He says the herd has moved about a mile east.
(b) He says that the herd has not moved much.
(c) He says the herd is gone.
(d) He says the herd has moved about five miles west.

12. Who sharpens all of the knives brought along by the hunting party?
(a) Miller.
(b) Schneider.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Charley.

13. What type of shelter do the men construct once they figure out they are snowed in for the winter?
(a) A lean-to.
(b) An igloo.
(c) A teepee.
(d) A log cabin.

14. Miller tells Schneider that Schneider does not have what kind of bone in his body?
(a) Brave.
(b) Smart.
(c) Cheerful.
(d) Smug.

15. Who is designated as the person who will follow along behind the hunting party and collect the hides?
(a) Schneider.
(b) Charley.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What substance does the person who poisons the wolves use to poison them?

2. After how many days of sleeping in a snow mound does Andrews wake to find snow everywhere upon the land?

3. Once the hunting party makes it down into the valley, next to what natural feature do they set up camp?

4. How far away from Miller are the buffalo before he starts shooting?

5. Who is in charge of poisoning the wolves in the valley?

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