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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 is the name of the trail the hunting party takes to reach the Colorado territory?
(a) The Smoky Hill trail.
(b) The Snake River trail.
(c) The Golden Peninsula trail.
(d) The Foggy Mountain trail.

2. Who funds the hunting expedition?
(a) Charley.
(b) McDonald.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Miller.

3. Who starts the first campfire of the hunting expedition trip?
(a) Schneider.
(b) Andrews.
(c) Charley.
(d) Miller.

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

5. From what city had Andrews originally begun his journey to Butcher's Crossing?
(a) New York City.
(b) Albany.
(c) Cincinnati.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the protagonist's age described?

2. Whom does McDonald describe as not knowing "what to do with themselves" (22)?

3. How many buffalo does Miller say the pile of bones represents?

4. How does Andrews respond to the question about whether he has had a "rough day" (75) on the first day of the trip?

5. Who calls into question Miller's recollection of the sought valley's location just before the hunting party reaches it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What query is made within the letter from Andrews's father to McDonald and how does McDonald respond?

2. What does the hunting party's thirst symbolize?

3. What reservations does Schneider share about the prospect of the buffalo hunting expedition?

4. 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)?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. How do Andrews's physical changes over the first few weeks of the expedition indicate psychological changes as well?

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