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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. Which member of the hunting party believes that Miller cares more about the buffalo hides than he does about human life?
(a) Charley.
(b) McDonald.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Schneider.

2. What does Miller remark about the movement of the buffalo herd when the party wakes up on the day the hunt begins?
(a) He says the herd is gone.
(b) He says that the herd has not moved much.
(c) He says the herd has moved about a mile east.
(d) He says the herd has moved about five miles west.

3. Once the men get a fire started, who thrusts "his boots close to the fire, and almost into it" (186)?
(a) Andrews.
(b) Schneider.
(c) Charley.
(d) Miller.

4. Schneider is drawing how many dollars per month during the buffalo expedition?
(a) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 15.
(d) 60.

5. Miller comes back from his ride to report that he had been unable to get within what distance from the pass?
(a) 3 miles.
(b) 1 mile.
(c) Half a mile.
(d) 2 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of shelter do the men construct once they figure out they are snowed in for the winter?

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

3. Who is designated as the person who will follow along behind the hunting party and collect the hides?

4. Miller tells Schneider that there is what between their current location and Denver?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Schneider's death occur?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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