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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. Once the hunting party makes it down into the valley, next to what natural feature do they set up camp?
(a) A lake.
(b) A waterfall.
(c) A spring.
(d) A river.

2. What is NOT a material used by someone in the hunting party when he turns gunpowder into bullets?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) A block of wood.
(c) A ladle.
(d) A spoon.

3. Who is sleeping in the snow mound directly adjacent to Andrews's mound?
(a) Miller and Charley.
(b) Francine.
(c) Miller and Schneider.
(d) Schneider and Charley.

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

5. What is Miller's reply when Schneider tells Miller to stop shooting because he has already killed 60 or 70 buffalo?
(a) Miller tells Schneider to run and fetch Andrews.
(b) Miller tells Schneider that he will only kill a few more members of the herd.
(c) Miller tells Schneider to shut up and to leave him alone.
(d) Miller tells Schneider that he is probably right.

Short Answer Questions

1. What report does Miller make after inspecting the state of the men's horses?

2. Miller tells Schneider that one time he had been snowed in all by himself in what state?

3. What is Miller's reply when Andrews asks him how long the hunting party will be snowed in?

4. For how long does Charley dig in the snow to find his lost object?

5. What is NOT an element of the hunting party's breakfast on the first morning of the hunt?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Schneider's death affect Andrews?

3. What is the result of Miller's decision to keep hunting after Schneider protests the extension of the hunt?

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

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

6. How does Schneider's death occur?

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

8. What is demonstrated about Miller's character when he voices the desire to bring back a huge load of hides to show the hunters in Butcher's Crossing?

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

10. How does Andrews's view of Miller change during the last hour of the buffalo hunt?

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