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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miller comes back from his ride to report that he had been unable to get within what distance from the pass?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) Half a mile.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 3 miles.

2. Who is in charge of poisoning the wolves in the valley?
(a) Charley.
(b) Schneider.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Miller.

3. Who is designated as the person who will follow along behind the hunting party and collect the hides?
(a) Charley.
(b) Schneider.
(c) Miller.
(d) Andrews.

4. Once the hunting party makes it down into the valley, next to what natural feature do they set up camp?
(a) A lake.
(b) A spring.
(c) A river.
(d) A waterfall.

5. Schneider is drawing how many dollars per month during the buffalo expedition?
(a) 15.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 60.

6. Miller tells Andrews that buffalo "always face" (127) in what direction?
(a) Upwind.
(b) Northwest.
(c) Downwind.
(d) East.

7. For how long does Charley dig in the snow to find his lost object?
(a) Two hours.
(b) An hour.
(c) Ten minutes.
(d) Thirty minutes.

8. Miller tells Schneider that one time he had been snowed in all by himself in what state?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Michigan.

9. Who is the first to ask Andrews if he is alright the morning the men awake to a snow-covered world?
(a) Charley.
(b) Miller.
(c) Schneider.
(d) McDonald.

10. Who leads Charley toward the fire so that he will not freeze to death?
(a) Schneider.
(b) Andrews.
(c) McDonald.
(d) Miller.

11. Who tells Andrews to go get his knives so the men can sharpen them?
(a) Miller.
(b) Charley.
(c) McDonald.
(d) Schneider.

12. Miller jokes that the men may not find Schneider until after what event?
(a) The spring thaw.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Dark.
(d) Easter.

13. What object does Miller NOT use to get a fire started the morning the men awake to snow covering the land around them?
(a) Paper.
(b) Dry branches.
(c) Wagon wheels.
(d) A tinderbox.

14. Miller tells Schneider that there is what between their current location and Denver?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Only trees.
(c) Only snow.
(d) A death trap.

15. What is NOT an element of the hunting party's breakfast on the first morning of the hunt?
(a) Side meat.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Fried mush.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who momentarily decides to try to get back to Butcher's Crossing even though the party is snowed in?

2. What does Miller remark about the movement of the buffalo herd when the party wakes up on the day the hunt begins?

3. What liquid do the members of the hunting party add to the boiling buffalo hides?

4. How many buffalo does Miller kill before he cleans out his rifle?

5. Once the men get a fire started, who thrusts "his boots close to the fire, and almost into it" (186)?

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