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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is in charge of poisoning the wolves in the valley?
(a) Charley.
(b) Miller.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Andrews.

3. The buffalo hides used by the men to build their shelter are secured with what objects?
(a) Pegs.
(b) Knives.
(c) Arrows.
(d) Clothespins.

4. Miller tells Andrews that buffalo "always face" (127) in what direction?
(a) Upwind.
(b) Northwest.
(c) East.
(d) Downwind.

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

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

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

8. 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) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

9. Who is sleeping in the snow mound directly adjacent to Andrews's mound?
(a) Miller and Charley.
(b) Francine.
(c) Schneider and Charley.
(d) Miller and Schneider.

10. Miller reports that during his ride, he had seen snow up to how many feet deep?
(a) 4.
(b) 24.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

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

12. Who cuts a supply of firewood once the hunting party sets up camp in the valley?
(a) Miller and Charley.
(b) Charley and Andrews.
(c) Andrews and Schneider.
(d) Miller and Schneider.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what material had Schneider wrapped himself before going to sleep?

2. 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?

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

4. What does Miller do when he approaches the dead leader of the buffalo herd?

5. What is NOT a material used by someone in the hunting party when he turns gunpowder into bullets?

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