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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 rides beside Andrews throughout the hunting expedition?
2. Andrews presents a letter to McDonald when he finds him in Butcher's Crossing. By whom is the letter signed?
3. What does the hunting party do when the sun goes down on the first day of the trip?
4. What event does McDonald say will change everything about the town of Butcher's Crossing soon?
5. What is NOT a type of business operating within the town of Butcher's Crossing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Miller's reasons for choosing the destination he does for the buffalo hunting expedition?
2. What is shown about Andrews's character in the passage when he tries to summon the images of the Colorado territory he has seen in books and magazines?
3. What distinction does Miller make between Boston prostitutes and Butcher's Crossing prostitutes?
4. What does the hunting party's thirst symbolize?
5. For what purpose does Andrews immediately seek McDonald when he reaches Butcher's Crossing?
6. What does the reader learn about the protagonist before even knowing his name?
7. What is the symbolism of the Smoky Hill trail?
8. What do Miller's comments about the dwindling number of buffalo show about his character?
9. How is irony present within Miller's discussion of how every part of a buffalo can be used for some human purpose?
10. How do Andrews's physical changes over the first few weeks of the expedition indicate psychological changes as well?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the theme of courage function within the novel and what is the author's message regarding this theme?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of John Williams's novel Butcher's Crossing and one of the novel's main messages. How does the author make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help the author get across one main message of the novel?
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