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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 the pain in Andrews's legs dulls after a few days, what word does the narrator use to describe how his legs feel?
2. When Miller asks why Andrews had turned down a job with McDonald, what is Andrews's reply?
3. When Andrews finds a hotel room, how much does the room cost per night?
4. What is the hotel clerk's reply when Andrews asks the clerk if he knows a man by a particular name?
5. What number room is Andrews given when he checks into the hotel in Butcher's Crossing?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is Andrews's true aim in coming to Butcher's Crossing?
3. For what purpose does Andrews immediately seek McDonald when he reaches Butcher's Crossing?
4. What is the main hardship Andrews faces in the first days of the hunting expedition?
5. Discuss how Andrews and McDonald qualify as character foils.
6. How do Andrews's physical changes over the first few weeks of the expedition indicate psychological changes as well?
7. What distinction does Miller make between Boston prostitutes and Butcher's Crossing prostitutes?
8. When Andrews is unable to explain to McDonald his esoteric reasons for coming west, what does he tell McDonald instead?
9. What query is made within the letter from Andrews's father to McDonald and how does McDonald respond?
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
Determine the author's message in Butcher's Crossing regarding the dangerous and volatile qualities of the natural world.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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