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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What type of animal will be hunted during the hunting expedition?
(a) Bighorn sheep.
(b) Caribou.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Elk.
2. To what state does the trail that Schneider wants to follow toward water eventually lead?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Arkansas.
3. What is the name of the trail the hunting party takes to reach the Colorado territory?
(a) The Golden Peninsula trail.
(b) The Smoky Hill trail.
(c) The Foggy Mountain trail.
(d) The Snake River trail.
4. How many buffalo does Miller say the pile of bones represents?
(a) 20 or 30.
(b) 300-400.
(c) 30 or 40.
(d) 10 or 20.
5. The hunting party at one point comes upon the dead carcass of what animal?
(a) A buffalo bull.
(b) A dog.
(c) A buffalo calf.
(d) A buffalo cow.
Short Answer Questions
1. For what reason does McDonald "wave angrily" at Andrews when Andrews leaves his office after their first meeting?
2. Who starts the first campfire of the hunting expedition trip?
3. What sort of luggage does John Williams describe being carried by the protagonist on his trip to Butcher's Crossing?
4. Miller states that people with what jobs will come to collect the buffalo bones?
5. What color is the Smoky Hill River?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the main hardship Andrews faces in the first days of the hunting expedition?
2. How does the theme of racism arise within the character of Miller?
3. What distinction does Miller make between Boston prostitutes and Butcher's Crossing prostitutes?
4. How does the dream motif appear within the passages of Andrews's anticipation of the hunting expedition?
5. What is the author's reason for including McDonald's comment to Andrews that "Young folks…don't know what to do with themselves" (22)?
6. What does Miller think is Schneider's real reason for wanting to deviate from the party's planned path to water?
7. How is irony present within Miller's discussion of how every part of a buffalo can be used for some human purpose?
8. What is Andrews's true aim in coming to Butcher's Crossing?
9. What is the symbolism of the Smoky Hill trail?
10. What do Miller's comments about the dwindling number of buffalo show about his character?
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