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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. The buffalo hides used by the men to build their shelter are secured with what objects?
(a) Arrows.
(b) Pegs.
(c) Knives.
(d) Clothespins.

2. Who is the first to ask Andrews if he is alright the morning the men awake to a snow-covered world?
(a) McDonald.
(b) Charley.
(c) Miller.
(d) Schneider.

3. What adjective does Andrews use to describe the land around him, now that it is covered with snow?
(a) Strange.
(b) White.
(c) Cold.
(d) Bright.

4. Miller tells Schneider that there is what between their current location and Denver?
(a) A death trap.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Only snow.
(d) Only trees.

5. Who leads Charley toward the fire so that he will not freeze to death?
(a) Schneider.
(b) Andrews.
(c) McDonald.
(d) Miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in charge of poisoning the wolves in the valley?

2. For how many days have the members of the hunting party gone without food by the time Miller rides up to look at the snow?

3. How far away from Miller are the buffalo before he starts shooting?

4. What is NOT a material used by someone in the hunting party when he turns gunpowder into bullets?

5. Miller tells Andrews that a buffalo never dies from what cause?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why must the men construct a wooden and canvas tent once they set up for the hunt?

2. How does Andrews feel about the coming of winter and why?

3. How does Williams depict Andrews's change in perspective in relation to the grisly task of skinning buffalo?

4. How do the men on the hunting expedition prepare their beds on the night before the buffalo hunt?

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

6. Describe and analyze the intense clash between Miller and Schneider in Part Two, Chapter VI.

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

8. What event forces Miller to stop killing buffalo once he has reduced the herd by at least two-thirds?

9. What is the significance of Andrews's growing comfort with the grisly nature of the buffalo skinning process?

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

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