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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 8 | Part 1, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The main character, a Ute boy, first learns the Indian legends, keeps them alive, and then lives with white men. What happens to him, ultimately?
(a) The 'old ways' are driven from his life.
(b) He absorbs the white man's ways, and forever forgets the 'old ways'.
(c) His 'old ways are integrated with his new life.
(d) The white man's ways gradually fade the 'old ways' from memory.

2. How is George Black Bull killed?
(a) Shot by the sheriff.
(b) Strangled by Blue Elk.
(c) In an avalanche.
(d) He drowns.

3. What do George and Bessie Black Bull opt for when the white man's method of support fails?
(a) Smoking cattle and fish they do not eat.
(b) Smoking venison and fish they do not eat.
(c) Smoking sheep and fish they do not eat.
(d) Smoking coyotes and fish they do not eat.

4. 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.

5. Tom Black Bull's parents teach him the methods of building lodges, preparing food for winter, and what else?
(a) Farming corn.
(b) Keeping his spirit in tune with nature.
(c) Hunting buffalo.
(d) Making pots from clay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Twisted in spirit by first learning as a boy, then in young adulthood trying to kill memories and old influences, what happens to Tom?

2. What is George Bull's demeanor when he arrives at the house following the fight?

3. When Bessie Black Bull goes back to town a third time, what does she trade with Indian women in exchange for information about Blue Elk?

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

5. What does the introductory poem summarize?

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