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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters I-V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Andrews finds a hotel room, how much does the room cost per night?
(a) 50 cents.
(b) $2.
(c) $12.
(d) $4.

2. When Miller asks why Andrews had turned down a job with McDonald, what is Andrews's reply?
(a) He does not want to be tied down.
(b) He has no experience in blacksmith work.
(c) He has no experience in tanning hides.
(d) He does not think he would like McDonald's managerial style.

3. What instruction does the letter from Andrews's family member provide to McDonald?
(a) It says that McDonald should place Andrews in a blacksmith apprenticeship.
(b) It says that McDonald should invest in Andrews's hunting expedition.
(c) It says that McDonald should pay his debts.
(d) It says that McDonald should help Andrews any way he can.

4. McDonald asks Andrews for a favor before he leaves McDonald's presence. What is it?
(a) McDonald asks Andrews to tell his father hello on McDonald's behalf.
(b) McDonald asks Andrews to bring news of Butcher's Crossing back to Boston.
(c) McDonald asks Andrews for a small loan.
(d) McDonald asks Andrews to let him know if Andrews is going to be leaving on a hunting expedition.

5. On his first morning spent in Butcher's Crossing, who tells Andrews where McDonald lives?
(a) The brothel madame.
(b) The hotel clerk.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The post office clerk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the protagonist's age described?

2. What number room is Andrews given when he checks into the hotel in Butcher's Crossing?

3. To what state will the hunting expedition travel?

4. At the start of the novel, the as-yet-unnamed protagonist rides within a stagecoach on its way to what town to Butcher's Crossing?

5. Andrews is told that McDonald can be found in "a little shack just this side of" (15) what feature?

(see the answer key)

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