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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 leads Charley toward the fire so that he will not freeze to death?
2. What instruction does Miller give Andrews about the leader of the buffalo herd?
3. For how many days have the members of the hunting party gone without food by the time Miller rides up to look at the snow?
4. How does Andrews sleep the night before the hunt begins?
5. Who is the only member of the party with the skills to turn gunpowder into bullets?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Andrews feel about the coming of winter and why?
2. Discuss the irony present in the depiction of Schneider's death.
3. How does Schneider feel about the coming of winter and why?
4. Describe and analyze the intense clash between Miller and Schneider in Part Two, Chapter VI.
5. What are Miller's first words after the accident with the wagon in the river and what do they indicate about his character?
6. Why must the men construct a wooden and canvas tent once they set up for the hunt?
7. How is Miller's monomaniacal nature demonstrated in his response to Schneider's comment that they do not have to hunt any more buffalo?
8. How does Miller feel about the coming winter and why?
9. How does Schneider's death occur?
10. How does Williams depict Andrews's change in perspective in relation to the grisly task of skinning buffalo?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the theme of violence within John Williams's novel Butcher's Crossing. What is the author's message regarding violence and how do you know?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author's choice to tell the story of John Williams's novel Butcher's Crossing using the third person omniscient point-of-view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is the author's intended effect on the reader?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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