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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. Which of Charley's body parts is missing?
(a) His left hand.
(b) His left foot.
(c) His right hand.
(d) His right foot.

2. What is Andrews's reply when Schneider asks him whether he wants to side with Miller or himself on the subject of finding water?
(a) Andrews says that he does not want to lose a week following Schneider's plan.
(b) Andrews says that he is mighty thirsty, so he thinks they should go with Schneider's plan.
(c) Andrews says he has no right to speak because he does not know the country.
(d) Andrews says that whatever Miller says goes, since he is the expedition leader.

3. McDonald warns Andrews not to talk to hunters in town for what reason?
(a) Because the hunters in town will swindle Andrews.
(b) Because the hunters in town are enemies of Andrews's father.
(c) Because the hunters in town are violent.
(d) Because then Andrews will want to go out on a hunting expedition.

4. Once Andrews settles into his hotel room, he realizes that he has not seen one iteration of which object within the town of Butcher's Crossing?
(a) Glass window.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Smile.
(d) Cloud in the sky.

5. What color is the Smoky Hill River?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Gray.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instruction does the letter from Andrews's family member provide to McDonald?

2. How had Charley lost a part of his body?

3. Who starts the first campfire of the hunting expedition trip?

4. How is the protagonist's facial complexion described?

5. For what reason does Miller keep the hunting party on the trail, even though the land to the sides of the trail is more level?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Andrews's true aim in coming to Butcher's Crossing?

2. What signs does the hunting party see that point to the presence of buffalo before they actually see any?

3. 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?

4. What is the significance of the field of buffalo bones depicted in the narrative?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the first real danger faced by the buffalo hunting party at the center of the story?

10. How does the theme of racism arise within the character of Miller?

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