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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who starts the first campfire of the hunting expedition trip?
2. When Andrews finds a hotel room, how much does the room cost per night?
3. What does Miller do to help the man traveling from Ohio to California?
4. How does Andrews respond to the question about whether he has had a "rough day" (75) on the first day of the trip?
5. McDonald asks Andrews for a favor before he leaves McDonald's presence. What is it?
Short Essay Questions
1. What distinction does Miller make between Boston prostitutes and Butcher's Crossing prostitutes?
2. What are Miller's reasons for choosing the destination he does for the buffalo hunting expedition?
3. What is the symbolism of the Smoky Hill trail?
4. What is Andrews's true aim in coming to Butcher's Crossing?
5. How does the dream motif appear within the passages of Andrews's anticipation of the hunting expedition?
6. Discuss how Andrews and McDonald qualify as character foils.
7. How is foreshadowing employed within the scene focusing on Charley's lost hand?
8. What is the main hardship Andrews faces in the first days of the hunting expedition?
9. What is the significance of the field of buffalo bones depicted in the narrative?
10. What is the first real danger faced by the buffalo hunting party at the center of the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how and why the author of Butcher's Crossing sets the mood for the novel by including an Epigraphs section.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze John Williams's novel Butcher's Crossing from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 3
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within John Williams's novel Butcher's Crossing. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the book.
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