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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 do the men prepare for their first meal in many days?
(a) Fritters.
(b) Biscuits.
(c) Beans.
(d) Green beans.

2. Who carries Miller's supply of ammunition during the hunt?
(a) Schneider.
(b) Miller.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Charley.

3. What is Miller's reply when Andrews asks him how long the hunting party will be snowed in?
(a) Until February.
(b) Until the pass thaws.
(c) At least 2 weeks.
(d) At least a month.

4. For what purpose do the members of the hunting party add a particular liquid to the boiling buffalo hides?
(a) To chase vermin out of the hides.
(b) To add color to the hides.
(c) To reduce the stench of the hides.
(d) To remove the stiffness from the hides.

5. Who sharpens all of the knives brought along by the hunting party?
(a) Charley.
(b) Miller.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Andrews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Schneider that he cannot leave because it would endanger the lives of the other men?

2. Miller tells Schneider that there is what between their current location and Denver?

3. Miller tells Schneider that if they had to, they could stay in the valley for what amount of time shooting buffalo?

4. Against which natural feature does Charley build the party's fire once they have set up camp in the valley?

5. For what reason does Miller fling grass into the air during the buffalo hunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miller feel about the coming winter and why?

2. What is the irony inherent in Miller's response to Schneider's request that Miller begin the hunt slowly?

3. How does Charley feel about the coming of winter and why?

4. How does Schneider's death affect Andrews?

5. How is Miller's monomaniacal nature demonstrated in his response to Schneider's comment that they do not have to hunt any more buffalo?

6. What does the loss of the buffalo hides in the river symbolize?

7. How does Schneider feel about the coming of winter and why?

8. How does Miller's explanation of his shooting mistake jibe with Andrews's own feelings about fate and consciousness?

9. How does Andrews view Miller's actions as he takes the steps necessary to turn gunpowder into bullets?

10. What is the author's purpose for including each hunting party member's reaction to the coming winter?

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