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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. On his first morning spent in Butcher's Crossing, who tells Andrews where McDonald lives?
(a) The hotel clerk.
(b) The post office clerk.
(c) The brothel madame.
(d) The doctor.

2. On what object does Andrews have to keep his eyes fixed in order to follow the hunting party once the land becomes flat?
(a) Miller's back.
(b) The horizon.
(c) Schneider's back.
(d) Charley's reins.

3. Whom does McDonald describe as not knowing "what to do with themselves" (22)?
(a) City-dwellers.
(b) Hunters.
(c) Young people.
(d) Women.

4. What instruction does the letter from Andrews's family member provide to McDonald?
(a) It says that McDonald should pay his debts.
(b) It says that McDonald should place Andrews in a blacksmith apprenticeship.
(c) It says that McDonald should help Andrews any way he can.
(d) It says that McDonald should invest in Andrews's hunting expedition.

5. The bartender tells Andrews that when he does find Miller, Miller will likely be sitting with whom?
(a) Francine.
(b) Charley.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Andrews's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a quality of Andrews's character by noon on the first day of the expedition?

2. What does Andrews's family member who wrote the letter to McDonald do for a living?

3. The hunting party at one point comes upon the dead carcass of what animal?

4. Miller tells Andrews that buffalo move toward a watering hole in what manner?

5. What number room is Andrews given when he checks into the hotel in Butcher's Crossing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is irony present within Miller's discussion of how every part of a buffalo can be used for some human purpose?

2. What does the reader learn about the protagonist before even knowing his name?

3. What is the main hardship Andrews faces in the first days of the hunting expedition?

4. For what purpose does Andrews immediately seek McDonald when he reaches Butcher's Crossing?

5. What is shown about Andrews's character in the passage when he tries to summon the images of the Colorado territory he has seen in books and magazines?

6. What does Miller think is Schneider's real reason for wanting to deviate from the party's planned path to water?

7. What do Miller's comments about the dwindling number of buffalo show about his character?

8. Discuss how Andrews and McDonald qualify as character foils.

9. How does the dream motif appear within the passages of Andrews's anticipation of the hunting expedition?

10. When Andrews is unable to explain to McDonald his esoteric reasons for coming west, what does he tell McDonald instead?

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