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When the Legends Die Quiz

Hal Borland
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When the Legends Die Quiz

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1)

What is it that Tom Black Bull admires for sale in a store window when he arrives in Bayfield with Albert Left Hand? (from Part 2, Chapter 20 | Part 2, Chapter 21)

A rifle.
A jacket with brass buttons.
A horse blanket.
A saddle.
2)

What is Tom Black's painful trek back up the mountain, naked and completely vulnerable to nature, an act of? (from Part 4, Chapter 48)

Newness.
Atonement.
Death.
Fear.
3)

The Mexican ex-bronco rider that now cooks is correct when he says what? (from Part 3, Chapter 24 | Part 3, Chapter 25)

Tom Black Bull's instructor wins, the horse wins, but Tom does not win.
Tom Black Bull's instructor wins, Tom wins, but the horse does not win.
Tom Black Bull's instructor wins, but the horse and Tom do not win.
Tom Black Bull's instructor wins, the horse wins, and Tom wins.
4)

When Tom Black Bull is entered in the first rodeo in Aztec, what is he instructed to do? (from Part 3, Chapter 22 | Part 3, Chapter 23)

Win each ride.
Ride hard, but honestly.
Ride without getting hurt.
Ride in a betting scam.
5)

What happens during one rodeo ride in Texas requiring hospitalization for Tom Black Bull? (from Part 3, Chapter 26 | Part 3, Chapter 27)

He breaks his collarbone.
He breaks his hip.
He breaks his leg.
He breaks his arm.
6)

After his first summer on the big rodeo circuit, Tom Black Bull returns to the ranch to discover what on his first evening back? (from Part 3, Chapter 32 | Part 3, Chapter 33)

The Mexican ex-bronco rider rummaging his wallet.
The Mexican ex-bronco rider rummaging his trousers pockets.
The Mexican ex-bronco rider rummaging his suitcase.
The Mexican ex-bronco rider rummaging his jacket pockets.
7)

Tom Black was obsessed with killing his past, but why does he now see that he must kill that which he has become? (from Part 4, Chapter 48)

To escape his past and embark on a new future.
Rid himself of his bronco riding ways and embark on a new path.
To get back where the 'old way' and a new one can blend.
To get back to the wholeness that is his heritage.
8)

Looking back, what does Tom know the bear would have done had he fired his rifle and missed the bear's heart? (from Part 4, Chapter 49)

Run away.
Stared at him.
Killed him.
Awaited to be killed.
9)

What is the rodeo a wild ride of, literally and figuratively? (from Part 3, Chapter 30 | Part 3, Chapter 31)

Tosses and turns.
Slips and falls.
Bumps and bruises.
Ups and downs.
10)

What does Red Dillon represent? (from Part 3, Chapter 24 | Part 3, Chapter 25)

The helpful capability of the white man.
The protective nature of the white rancher.
The twisted spirit of the white man.
The commercial ability of the white man.
11)

Tom Black moves on to Thatcher's Market where he purchases what? (from Part 4, Chapter 42)

More practical, casual clothing.
A blue coat with brass buttons.
A new western hat.
Work clothes, to change his image.
12)

What does Tom not realize takes place whenever he is 'riding for the crowd' and as a killer? (from Part 3, Chapter 34 | Part 3, Chapter 35)

He always loses.
He is riding the white man's way.
He only wins when he kills.
He can never stop drugs for pain.
13)

How do Tom Black Bull and his teacher later force a Mexican shepherd to make them food? (from Part 3, Chapter 26 | Part 3, Chapter 27)

At knifepoint.
At gunpoint.
Under threat of clubbing.
Under threat of punching.
14)

What switch is taking place in Tom Black's life as he dreams of his mother's death? (from Part 4, Chapter 45)

Tom is slipping back more into his past.
Tom is concentrating increasingly about his future.
Tom is worrying about his dying on the rodeo circuit.
Tom is becoming sad about his need to ride rodeo again.
15)

What does Tom Black Bull do to relieve his anger when Red Dillon enters him into rodeo bronco riding competitions to cheat? (from Part 3, Chapter 22 | Part 3, Chapter 23)

Vents it in every illegal way he can.
Vents it in any way he can.
Quits riding altogether.
Vents it in every legal way he can.
16)

Now that he is about to leave the hospital, Tom Black knows at this phase that he will be alone, raw, and without the shield of what that he has had for so long? (from Part 3, Chapter 41)

His anger and violence.
Harmony of nature, roundness of life.
Nurses and doctors.
The morbid rodeo crowd.
17)

Tom Black dreams about his mother dying, chanting her death song, which brings what to the foreground of his psyche? (from Part 4, Chapter 45)

More of the 'old ways'.
Life at the San Juan ranch.
Life at the reservation school.
Experiences in the arena.
18)

Tom Black wants to start over again; however, according to the code of the rodeo, where does he have to start? (from Part 3, Chapter 38 | Part 3, Chapter 39)

Working a ranch.
Teaching bronco riding.
In the arena.
Riding a bull.
19)

Tom Black tracks the bear up the mountain, circles back around to where he started, and discovers what? (from Part 4, Chapter 47)

Only an old sign where it once slept.
Not another sign.
Not another fresh sign.
Where it cached a carcass.
20)

In the final chapter, where does Tom build his new lodge? (from Part 4, Chapter 49)

The first bench of Bald Mountain.
The first bench of Granite Peak.
The first bench of Grizzly Mountain.
The first bench of Horse Mountain.
21)

How does Tom Black Bull care for his instructor's body? (from Part 3, Chapter 30 | Part 3, Chapter 31)

Collects saloon donations to pay for the funeral.
Buries it at the San Juan ranch.
Leaves it for the city pauper's cemetery.
Offers to pay for the burial.
22)

What is it that Mary Redmond wants with Tom Black? (from Part 3, Chapter 40)

To have control over him.
To offer encouragement with him.
To provide assistance to him.
To share pride with him.
23)

After several more seasons, legends about Tom Black Bull start to crop up as well as what new nickname? (from Part 3, Chapter 34 | Part 3, Chapter 35)

Hostile Tom Devil.
Tom Black Vengeance.
Killer Tom Black.
Ruthless Tom Killer.
24)

He will soon be out of the hospital and on his way to mend, so what does Tom Black do with his dreams and nightmares at this stage? (from Part 3, Chapter 41)

Discusses them with a counselor.
Stays awake so he will not face them.
Places them behind him.
Forgets them by drinking alcohol more heavily.
25)

What differs between horses that Tom Black Bull rode on the sagebrush range and those that he rides on the new spread? (from Part 3, Chapter 22 | Part 3, Chapter 23)

Indian ponies were smaller.
Indian ponies were heftier.
Indian horses were bigger.
Essentially no difference.
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