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

2. Who is the only member of the party with the skills to turn gunpowder into bullets?
(a) Charley.
(b) Schneider.
(c) Miller.
(d) Andrews.

3. What type of food does Schneider muse about missing?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Greens.
(d) Beans.

4. Miller tells Schneider that if they had to, they could stay in the valley for what amount of time shooting buffalo?
(a) All month.
(b) All winter.
(c) All year.
(d) All autumn.

5. Who momentarily decides to try to get back to Butcher's Crossing even though the party is snowed in?
(a) Charley.
(b) Francine.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Schneider.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Charley sits down at the end of his reaction to the news that the party might be snowed in for the winter, who does he name as the person who will fix their problem?

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

4. How many buffalo does Miller kill before he cleans out his rifle?

5. What adjective does Andrews use to describe the land around him, now that it is covered with snow?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the men on the hunting expedition prepare their beds on the night before the buffalo hunt?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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