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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 instruction does Miller give Andrews about the leader of the buffalo herd?
(a) He says that one should never kill the leader of the herd.
(b) He says that the leader of the buffalo herd is the most dangerous.
(c) He says that one should locate and kill the leader of the herd first.
(d) He says that the leader of the herd must be killed only after the whole herd is dead.

2. After how many days of sleeping in a snow mound does Andrews wake to find snow everywhere upon the land?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 1.
(d) 12.

3. What object does Charley lose in the snow?
(a) His cup.
(b) His eyeglasses.
(c) His Bible.
(d) His fork.

4. How does Charley react to the news that the hunting party is likely snowed in for the winter?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He is happy.
(c) He panics.
(d) He goes to look for more firewood.

5. Miller says that buffalo are always either killed by a man or what?
(a) Impaled by a rival.
(b) Chased into Colorado territory.
(c) Dragged down by a wolf.
(d) Killed by a cougar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who constructs a tent out of canvas and wood once the hunting party sets up camp in the valley?

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

3. How many days does it take the members of the hunting party to finish their shelter?

4. What does Miller say will happen if the person who wants to leave tries to make it back to Butcher's Crossing in the snow?

5. What type of food does Schneider muse about missing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Schneider's death occur?

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

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

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

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