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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. Miller jokes that the men may not find Schneider until after what event?
2. When Charley sits down at the end of his reaction to the news that the party might be snowed in for the winter, who does he name as the person who will fix their problem?
3. Miller tells Schneider that there is what between their current location and Denver?
4. Who sharpens all of the knives brought along by the hunting party?
5. Who is the only member of the party with the skills to turn gunpowder into bullets?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Miller's first words after the accident with the wagon in the river and what do they indicate about his character?
2. What is demonstrated about Miller's character when he voices the desire to bring back a huge load of hides to show the hunters in Butcher's Crossing?
3. After reading about Schneider's death, what instances of foreshadowing are now visible to the reader?
4. Why must the men construct a wooden and canvas tent once they set up for the hunt?
5. What is the significance of Andrews's growing comfort with the grisly nature of the buffalo skinning process?
6. What does the loss of the buffalo hides in the river symbolize?
7. How does Williams depict Andrews's change in perspective in relation to the grisly task of skinning buffalo?
8. What event forces Miller to stop killing buffalo once he has reduced the herd by at least two-thirds?
9. How does Andrews feel about the coming of winter and why?
10. How do the men on the hunting expedition prepare their beds on the night before the buffalo hunt?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What is the author's message regarding the history of America in John Williams's novel Butcher's Crossing and what themes does the author employ in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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