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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. Miller tells Schneider that if they had to, they could stay in the valley for what amount of time shooting buffalo?
(a) All year.
(b) All autumn.
(c) All month.
(d) All winter.

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

3. 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.

4. Miller reports that during his ride, he had seen snow up to how many feet deep?
(a) 24.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By dark, how many "fair-sized trees" have the two men chopping firewood felled?

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

3. Miller comes back from his ride to report that he had been unable to get within what distance from the pass?

4. Who leads Charley toward the fire so that he will not freeze to death?

5. Who is the only member of the party with the skills to turn gunpowder into bullets?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miller feel about the coming winter and why?

2. What is the irony inherent in Miller's response to Schneider's request that Miller begin the hunt slowly?

3. Why must the men construct a wooden and canvas tent once they set up for the hunt?

4. How does Andrews feel about the coming of winter and why?

5. What does the loss of the buffalo hides in the river symbolize?

6. How does Miller's explanation of his shooting mistake jibe with Andrews's own feelings about fate and consciousness?

7. How do the men on the hunting expedition prepare their beds on the night before the buffalo hunt?

8. What is the result of Miller's decision to keep hunting after Schneider protests the extension of the hunt?

9. How is Miller's monomaniacal nature demonstrated in his response to Schneider's comment that they do not have to hunt any more buffalo?

10. What event forces Miller to stop killing buffalo once he has reduced the herd by at least two-thirds?

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