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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. Who sharpens all of the knives brought along by the hunting party?
(a) Andrews.
(b) Charley.
(c) Miller.
(d) Schneider.
2. Miller says that buffalo are always either killed by a man or what?
(a) Killed by a cougar.
(b) Impaled by a rival.
(c) Chased into Colorado territory.
(d) Dragged down by a wolf.
3. 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?
(a) He says the person has a 50/50 chance at survival.
(b) He says the person will die.
(c) He says the person would at least need a companion.
(d) He says the person does not have the courage.
4. What adjective does Andrews use to describe the land around him, now that it is covered with snow?
(a) White.
(b) Bright.
(c) Strange.
(d) Cold.
5. Who leads Charley toward the fire so that he will not freeze to death?
(a) Andrews.
(b) Miller.
(c) Schneider.
(d) McDonald.
Short Answer Questions
1. Miller instructs Andrews that when shooting buffalo, one should aim just a little behind what part of the buffalo?
2. How does Andrews sleep the night before the hunt begins?
3. What is the canvas and wooden tent meant to protect?
4. What type of food does Schneider muse about missing?
5. How does Charley react to the news that the hunting party is likely snowed in for the winter?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why must the men construct a wooden and canvas tent once they set up for the hunt?
2. How is Miller's monomaniacal nature demonstrated in his response to Schneider's comment that they do not have to hunt any more buffalo?
3. What are Miller's first words after the accident with the wagon in the river and what do they indicate about his character?
4. What does the loss of the buffalo hides in the river symbolize?
5. How does Charley feel about the coming of winter and why?
6. What is the result of Miller's decision to keep hunting after Schneider protests the extension of the hunt?
7. After reading about Schneider's death, what instances of foreshadowing are now visible to the reader?
8. Describe and analyze the intense clash between Miller and Schneider in Part Two, Chapter VI.
9. What event forces Miller to stop killing buffalo once he has reduced the herd by at least two-thirds?
10. How does Schneider's death occur?
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