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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. How does Andrews attempt to alleviate the pain he is feeling from riding on the first day of the expedition?
2. For what reason does Miller keep the hunting party on the trail, even though the land to the sides of the trail is more level?
3. Who rides beside Andrews throughout the hunting expedition?
4. When the hunting party camps on the open prairie, how much water is left after they allow the horses and oxen to drink?
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 does the hunting party's thirst symbolize?
3. How does the theme of racism arise within the character of Miller?
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 main hardship Andrews faces in the first days of the hunting expedition?
6. What is the symbolism of the Smoky Hill trail?
7. How do Andrews's physical changes over the first few weeks of the expedition indicate psychological changes as well?
8. What reservations does Schneider share about the prospect of the buffalo hunting expedition?
9. What is the significance of the field of buffalo bones depicted in the narrative?
10. What query is made within the letter from Andrews's father to McDonald and how does McDonald respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the function of Francine's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Francine and include in your discussion the reasons that the author portrays this character in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of John Williams's novel Butcher's Crossing and analyze the author's purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author set a particular mood for each of the three scenes.
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