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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 16 | Part 2, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After two years, George and Bessie Black Bull are in debt for how much to the white man?
(a) $62.
(b) $52.
(c) $32.
(d) $42.

3. The other students tease Tom Black Bull about his basket weaving skill and call him what?
(a) Baby Bear.
(b) Basket Woman.
(c) Bear's Sister.
(d) She-bear.

4. What does Jim Thatcher tell Bessie Black Bull regarding Blue Elk following her encounter with the Indian women who initially tease her?
(a) He had nothing to do with settling the issue with Frank No Deer.
(b) He was partly responsible for settling the issue with Frank No Deer.
(c) He was totally responsible for settling the issue with Frank No Deer.
(d) He was responsible for stealing from Jim Thatcher's store.

5. Upon Bessie Black Bull's second trip to trade baskets at Jim Thatcher's store, what does she get?
(a) Calico cloth and a coat with wooden buttons.
(b) Wool material and a coat with a zipper.
(c) Wool cloth and a coat with carved antler buttons.
(d) Calico material and a coat with brass buttons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is George Black Bull killed?

2. What is Bessie Black Bull relieved about upon her return to the mountains following her second trip to Jim Thatcher's store?

3. When Tom Black Bull escapes from the school, what happens?

4. What do Bessie and Tom Black Bull gather willow shoots and other plants for?

5. How does Blue Elk trick Tom Black Bull into agreeing to go to the agency school?

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