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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 new habit of Schneider's alarms Andrews?
(a) Schneider practices shooting nearly every minute of the day.
(b) Schneider no longer speaks at all.
(c) Schneider whispers sweet nothings to no one in the night.
(d) Schneider no longer drinks water.

2. How does Andrews sleep the night before the hunt begins?
(a) Fitfully.
(b) In spurts.
(c) Soundly.
(d) Not at all.

3. Miller tells Schneider that Schneider does not have what kind of bone in his body?
(a) Brave.
(b) Cheerful.
(c) Smug.
(d) Smart.

4. What warning does Schneider give to Miller before the hunt begins?
(a) He warns Miller to put blindfolds on the horses before beginning to shoot.
(b) He warns Miller to make sure his bullets are sitting correctly in the chamber.
(c) He warns Miller not to kill too many buffalo at once.
(d) He warns Miller not to waste the party's water on dirty hides.

5. Miller tells Andrews that a buffalo never dies from what cause?
(a) A single gunshot wound.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Running off a cliff.
(d) Old age.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller reports that during his ride, he had seen snow up to how many feet deep?

2. By dark, how many "fair-sized trees" have the two men chopping firewood felled?

3. Who is the member of the hunting party responsible for hunting food so that the party can make it through the winter?

4. What is the canvas and wooden tent meant to protect?

5. Who sharpens all of the knives brought along by the hunting party?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Schneider's death affect Andrews?

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

3. After reading about Schneider's death, what instances of foreshadowing are now visible to the reader?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Discuss the irony present in the depiction of Schneider's death.

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

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