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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. When Andrews finds a hotel room, how much does the room cost per night?
2. What color is the Smoky Hill River?
3. What number room is Andrews given when he checks into the hotel in Butcher's Crossing?
4. On what day of the expedition does the hunting party find a pile of buffalo bones?
5. Who starts the first campfire of the hunting expedition trip?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Andrews's physical changes over the first few weeks of the expedition indicate psychological changes as well?
2. Discuss how Andrews and McDonald qualify as character foils.
3. What signs does the hunting party see that point to the presence of buffalo before they actually see any?
4. What does Miller think is Schneider's real reason for wanting to deviate from the party's planned path to water?
5. What is the significance of the field of buffalo bones depicted in the narrative?
6. How does the dream motif appear within the passages of Andrews's anticipation of the hunting expedition?
7. How is foreshadowing employed within the scene focusing on Charley's lost hand?
8. When Andrews is unable to explain to McDonald his esoteric reasons for coming west, what does he tell McDonald instead?
9. How is irony present within Miller's discussion of how every part of a buffalo can be used for some human purpose?
10. What is the symbolism of the Smoky Hill trail?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the author's focus on the the disparity between book knowledge and practical knowledge in John Williams's novel Butcher's Crossing. What message is the author sending by making this distinction?
Essay Topic 2
Determine the author's message in Butcher's Crossing regarding the dangerous and volatile qualities of the natural world.
Essay Topic 3
How is the motif of dreams included and treated within John Williams's novel Butcher's Crossing and how does its treatment relate to the book's depicted messages?
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