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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 32 | Part 3, Chapter 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Bessie and Tom Black Bull gather willow shoots and other plants for?
(a) Lodge insulation.
(b) Winter basketry.
(c) Lodge mats.
(d) Winter fires.

2. In regards to Blue Elk being willing to sell his own grandmother, what is his reply?
(a) She is dead.
(b) He never knew her.
(c) She works in a town over the mountains.
(d) She teaches at a different reservation.

3. How many baskets does Bessie Black Bull trade for an ax, ammunition, a hunting knife, and candy at Jim Thatcher's store?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

4. The spring after they are run out of Felice, where do Tom Black Bull and his teacher work?
(a) Southwestern Kansas and the Oklahoma panhandle.
(b) Eastern New Mexico and the Oklahoma panhandle.
(c) Northern Texas and the Oklahoma panhandle.
(d) Southern Colorado.

5. How does Tom Black Bull share part of his deer kill?
(a) With the sheriff.
(b) With a bear.
(c) With Blue Elk.
(d) With Jim Thatcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Blue Elk impressed to learn about Tom Black Bull?

2. What happens during one rodeo ride in Texas requiring hospitalization for Tom Black Bull?

3. Blue Elk talks Tom Black Bull into doing what with the bear cub?

4. What do the beans being choked by the weeds represent?

5. How does Tom Black Bull feel about his first ride in the big time?

(see the answer key)

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