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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many weeks of provisions does the hunting party bring on the trip?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.
2. What is NOT a quality of the hunting party's horses by noon on the first day of the expedition?
(a) Their hides are shining with sweat.
(b) They continually shake their heads against the bits.
(c) They are irritable and are trying to bite one another.
(d) There are white flecks of foam covering their mouths.
3. Miller states that the people who come to collect the buffalo bones will use the bones for what purpose?
(a) Fertilizer.
(b) Pendants.
(c) Marrow extraction.
(d) Rein adornments.
4. The hunting party leaves Butcher's Crossing on the 25th day of what month?
(a) October.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) August.
5. How many miles does Miller say the hunting party has traveled by noon on the first day?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.
Short Answer Questions
1. What instruction does the letter from Andrews's family member provide to McDonald?
2. Who funds the hunting expedition?
3. What happens to cause Miller to decide to use the last of the party's water for the oxen and horses?
4. Which of Charley's body parts is missing?
5. To what state will the hunting expedition travel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the author's reason for including McDonald's comment to Andrews that "Young folks…don't know what to do with themselves" (22)?
2. For what purpose does Andrews immediately seek McDonald when he reaches Butcher's Crossing?
3. How do Andrews's physical changes over the first few weeks of the expedition indicate psychological changes as well?
4. What is shown about Andrews's character in the passage when he tries to summon the images of the Colorado territory he has seen in books and magazines?
5. What does Miller think is Schneider's real reason for wanting to deviate from the party's planned path to water?
6. What are Miller's reasons for choosing the destination he does for the buffalo hunting expedition?
7. How is foreshadowing employed within the scene focusing on Charley's lost hand?
8. What is the main hardship Andrews faces in the first days of the hunting expedition?
9. How does the dream motif appear within the passages of Andrews's anticipation of the hunting expedition?
10. What query is made within the letter from Andrews's father to McDonald and how does McDonald respond?
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