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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 buffalo does Miller kill on the first day of the hunt?
(a) 140.
(b) 190.
(c) 70.
(d) 40.
2. 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.
3. Miller jokes that the men may not find Schneider until after what event?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Dark.
(d) The spring thaw.
4. Who leads Charley toward the fire so that he will not freeze to death?
(a) McDonald.
(b) Andrews.
(c) Miller.
(d) Schneider.
5. After how many days of sleeping in a snow mound does Andrews wake to find snow everywhere upon the land?
(a) 1.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.
Short Answer Questions
1. Miller tells Andrews that a buffalo never dies from what cause?
2. What report does Miller make after inspecting the state of the men's horses?
3. When Andrews awakes on the morning of the hunt's first day, who is already up and active?
4. What type of food does Schneider muse about missing?
5. What new habit of Schneider's alarms Andrews?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe and analyze the intense clash between Miller and Schneider in Part Two, Chapter VI.
2. How does Miller feel about the coming winter and why?
3. How does Williams depict Andrews's change in perspective in relation to the grisly task of skinning buffalo?
4. Discuss the irony present in the depiction of Schneider's death.
5. How does Miller's explanation of his shooting mistake jibe with Andrews's own feelings about fate and consciousness?
6. What is the result of Miller's decision to keep hunting after Schneider protests the extension of the hunt?
7. How does Charley feel about the coming of winter and why?
8. What is demonstrated about Miller's character when he voices the desire to bring back a huge load of hides to show the hunters in Butcher's Crossing?
9. How does Schneider's death affect Andrews?
10. How does Andrews feel about the coming of winter and why?
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