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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

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

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

5. 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) Andrews.
(b) Marshall Cogburn.
(c) Miller.
(d) Schneider.

6. What warning does Schneider give to Miller before the hunt begins?
(a) He warns Miller to make sure his bullets are sitting correctly in the chamber.
(b) He warns Miller not to waste the party's water on dirty hides.
(c) He warns Miller not to kill too many buffalo at once.
(d) He warns Miller to put blindfolds on the horses before beginning to shoot.

7. 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 plateau.
(c) A cave.
(d) A boulder.

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

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

10. For what purpose do the members of the hunting party add a particular liquid to the boiling buffalo hides?
(a) To add color to the hides.
(b) To remove the stiffness from the hides.
(c) To chase vermin out of the hides.
(d) To reduce the stench of the hides.

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

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

13. What does Miller do when he approaches the dead leader of the buffalo herd?
(a) He shoots it again to make sure it is dead.
(b) He scuffs its fur with the toe of his boot.
(c) He rolls it over.
(d) He kicks it in the ribs.

14. 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) Paper.
(c) Wagon wheels.
(d) A tinderbox.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what reason does Miller fling grass into the air during the buffalo hunt?

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

4. How many buffalo does Miller kill on the first day of the hunt?

5. What is Miller's reply when Andrews asks him how long the hunting party will be snowed in?

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