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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the trail the hunting party takes to reach the Colorado territory?
(a) The Snake River trail.
(b) The Smoky Hill trail.
(c) The Golden Peninsula trail.
(d) The Foggy Mountain trail.

2. Who tells Schneider that he cannot leave because it would endanger the lives of the other men?
(a) Miller.
(b) Andrews.
(c) McDonald.
(d) Charley.

3. What is the canvas and wooden tent meant to protect?
(a) Oxen.
(b) The sleeping men.
(c) Guns.
(d) Gunpowder.

4. Who rides beside Andrews throughout the hunting expedition?
(a) Schneider.
(b) Charley.
(c) McDonald.
(d) Miller.

5. Whom does McDonald describe as not knowing "what to do with themselves" (22)?
(a) Women.
(b) City-dwellers.
(c) Young people.
(d) Hunters.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what state does the trail that Schneider wants to follow toward water eventually lead?

2. What type of animal will be hunted during the hunting expedition?

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

4. What is the hotel clerk's reply when Andrews asks the clerk if he knows a man by a particular name?

5. At what point does the reader learn that the protagonist's name is William Andrews?

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