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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By dark, how many "fair-sized trees" have the two men chopping firewood felled?
(a) Half a dozen.
(b) Three dozen.
(c) A dozen.
(d) Two dozen.

3. What adjective does Andrews use to describe the land around him, now that it is covered with snow?
(a) White.
(b) Cold.
(c) Bright.
(d) Strange.

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

5. How many days does it take the members of the hunting party to finish their shelter?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

7. Who is the member of the hunting party responsible for hunting food so that the party can make it through the winter?
(a) Miller.
(b) Andrews.
(c) Charley.
(d) Schneider.

8. Who is the only member of the party with the skills to turn gunpowder into bullets?
(a) Andrews.
(b) Miller.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Charley.

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

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

11. For how long does Charley dig in the snow to find his lost object?
(a) An hour.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Ten minutes.
(d) Thirty minutes.

12. What items belonging to the hunting party are found to have blown away during the blizzard?
(a) Two blankets.
(b) Two cups.
(c) Two forks.
(d) Two plates.

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

14. 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?
(a) Schneider.
(b) Marshall Cogburn.
(c) Miller.
(d) Andrews.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller tells Andrews that a buffalo never dies from what cause?

2. What objects do the members of the hunting party use to create comfortable beds once they set up camp in the valley?

3. What does Miller say will happen if the person who wants to leave tries to make it back to Butcher's Crossing in the snow?

4. What warning does Schneider give to Miller before the hunt begins?

5. Who constructs a tent out of canvas and wood once the hunting party sets up camp in the valley?

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