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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. How many weeks of provisions does the hunting party bring on the trip?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.
2. Who calls into question Miller's recollection of the sought valley's location just before the hunting party reaches it?
(a) Andrews.
(b) Charley.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Miller.
3. For what reason does McDonald "wave angrily" at Andrews when Andrews leaves his office after their first meeting?
(a) Because Andrews had been unwilling to be placed in a blacksmith apprenticeship.
(b) Because McDonald had been unable to talk Andrews out of meeting the hunters.
(c) Because he knows that Andrews is about to take advantage of his kindness.
(d) Because Andrews had been unable to pay his father's debts to McDonald.
4. How many miles does Miller say the hunting party has traveled by noon on the first day?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.
5. From what city had Andrews originally begun his journey to Butcher's Crossing?
(a) New York City.
(b) Albany.
(c) Boston.
(d) Cincinnati.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who drives the oxen team during the hunting expedition?
2. Charley does NOT cook which food for the hunting party while they are resting near Smoky Hill?
3. How is the protagonist's facial complexion described?
4. What objects does Schneider realize have been weighing down the thirsty oxen due to their nearly two-ton weight?
5. How many buffalo does Miller say the pile of bones represents?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Andrews's physical changes over the first few weeks of the expedition indicate psychological changes as well?
2. How does the dream motif appear within the passages of Andrews's anticipation of the hunting expedition?
3. For what purpose does Andrews immediately seek McDonald when he reaches Butcher's Crossing?
4. What signs does the hunting party see that point to the presence of buffalo before they actually see any?
5. What query is made within the letter from Andrews's father to McDonald and how does McDonald respond?
6. What is the first real danger faced by the buffalo hunting party at the center of the story?
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 does the hunting party's thirst symbolize?
9. 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)?
10. What does the reader learn about the protagonist before even knowing his name?
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