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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. What event does McDonald say will change everything about the town of Butcher's Crossing soon?
2. What color is the Smoky Hill River?
3. Whom does McDonald describe as not knowing "what to do with themselves" (22)?
4. The bartender tells Andrews that when he does find Miller, Miller will likely be sitting with whom?
5. On what day of the expedition does the hunting party find a pile of buffalo bones?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the first real danger faced by the buffalo hunting party at the center of the story?
2. What is Andrews's true aim in coming to Butcher's Crossing?
3. How does the dream motif appear within the passages of Andrews's anticipation of the hunting expedition?
4. Discuss how Andrews and McDonald qualify as character foils.
5. How is foreshadowing employed within the scene focusing on Charley's lost hand?
6. What reservations does Schneider share about the prospect of the buffalo hunting expedition?
7. How does the theme of racism arise within the character of Miller?
8. What is the symbolism of the Smoky Hill trail?
9. What is the author's reason for including McDonald's comment to Andrews that "Young folks…don't know what to do with themselves" (22)?
10. How is irony present within Miller's discussion of how every part of a buffalo can be used for some human purpose?
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 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
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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