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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters IV-VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sharpens all of the knives brought along by the hunting party?
(a) Charley.
(b) Schneider.
(c) Miller.
(d) Andrews.

2. What does the hunting party do when the sun goes down on the first day of the trip?
(a) They take a short break and light torches.
(b) They bed down for the night.
(c) They stop for dinner and then continue traveling.
(d) They keep traveling.

3. 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?
(a) He likes to see Andrews suffer.
(b) He is worried the team will become lost if they venture away from the trail.
(c) He wants the oxen team to learn how to work together on an uneven trail.
(d) The sharp grass off the trail will hurt the oxen's hooves.

4. How many miles does Miller say the hunting party has traveled by noon on the first day?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

5. What instruction does Miller give Andrews about the leader of the buffalo herd?
(a) He says that the leader of the herd must be killed only after the whole herd is dead.
(b) He says that one should locate and kill the leader of the herd first.
(c) He says that one should never kill the leader of the herd.
(d) He says that the leader of the buffalo herd is the most dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller states that people with what jobs will come to collect the buffalo bones?

2. Miller tells Andrews that buffalo move toward a watering hole in what manner?

3. What is Andrews's reply when Schneider asks him whether he wants to side with Miller or himself on the subject of finding water?

4. Who calls into question Miller's recollection of the sought valley's location just before the hunting party reaches it?

5. To what state will the hunting expedition travel?

(see the answer key)

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