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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What substance does the person who poisons the wolves use to poison them?
(a) Morning glories.
(b) Nightshade.
(c) Strychnine.
(d) Arsenic.

2. What liquid do the members of the hunting party add to the boiling buffalo hides?
(a) Pomegranate juice.
(b) Urine.
(c) Honey.
(d) Coffee.

3. For how many days have the members of the hunting party gone without food by the time Miller rides up to look at the snow?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

4. Miller tells Schneider that one time he had been snowed in all by himself in what state?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Wyoming.

5. When Andrews awakes on the morning of the hunt's first day, who is already up and active?
(a) Schneider.
(b) Miller.
(c) Charley.
(d) Miller and Schneider.

6. Who leads Charley toward the fire so that he will not freeze to death?
(a) Schneider.
(b) McDonald.
(c) Miller.
(d) Andrews.

7. What is the canvas and wooden tent meant to protect?
(a) The sleeping men.
(b) Guns.
(c) Gunpowder.
(d) Oxen.

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

9. Miller says that buffalo are always either killed by a man or what?
(a) Killed by a cougar.
(b) Dragged down by a wolf.
(c) Impaled by a rival.
(d) Chased into Colorado territory.

10. Who tells Schneider that he cannot leave because it would endanger the lives of the other men?
(a) Andrews.
(b) Miller.
(c) Charley.
(d) McDonald.

11. Who is the first to ask Andrews if he is alright the morning the men awake to a snow-covered world?
(a) Miller.
(b) McDonald.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Charley.

12. About what issue does Schneider tease Andrews?
(a) Andrews's young age.
(b) Andrews's relationship with Francine.
(c) Andrews's soft hands.
(d) Andrews's lack of hunting experience.

13. Who momentarily decides to try to get back to Butcher's Crossing even though the party is snowed in?
(a) Charley.
(b) Schneider.
(c) Francine.
(d) Andrews.

14. Who carries Miller's supply of ammunition during the hunt?
(a) Andrews.
(b) Miller.
(c) Charley.
(d) Schneider.

15. What do the men prepare for their first meal in many days?
(a) Biscuits.
(b) Fritters.
(c) Green beans.
(d) Beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Charley sits down at the end of his reaction to the news that the party might be snowed in for the winter, who does he name as the person who will fix their problem?

2. Once the men get a fire started, who thrusts "his boots close to the fire, and almost into it" (186)?

3. For what purpose do the members of the hunting party add a particular liquid to the boiling buffalo hides?

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

5. Miller tells Andrews that buffalo "always face" (127) in what direction?

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