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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. West of Corpus Christi, Tom Black Bull assesses his life and his riding skills. How many horses have died under him?
(a) 2 at this point.
(b) None.
(c) 1 at this point.
(d) 3 at this point.

2. Having begun to reevaluate his life, Tom Black Bull returns to the hotel and refuses to comply with orders to do what?
(a) Return to his instructor's spread.
(b) Take care of the horses.
(c) Ride in the next rodeo.
(d) Prepare for the next con.

3. The last time Tom Black Bull returns to the hotel to find his instructor asleep and drunk again, he does what?
(a) Takes all but $10 from his pocket.
(b) Takes all but $5 from his pocket.
(c) Takes all but $15 from his pocket.
(d) Takes all but $20 from his pocket.

4. Tom Black Bull's ego and sense of adventure are fed by what as he assesses himself west of Corpus Christi?
(a) Sleeping in hotels instead of a dormitory room.
(b) The exhilaration and bravado of the rodeo circuit.
(c) Eating in cafes instead of the Mexican ex-bronco rider's cooking.
(d) Winning big bets on the rodeo circuit.

5. How does Tom Black get back to Pagosa?
(a) By plane.
(b) By hitchhiking.
(c) By train.
(d) By bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom Black Bull do when Benny Grayback locks him in a room?

2. In a local café in Pagosa, four men are staring at Tom Black in his fancy clothes and he feels what?

3. Tom Black Bull tells Benny Grayback that he will agree to acclimate under what condition?

4. Where does Tom Black leave his clothes bag while he walks up the street?

5. Walking up the street, Tom Black recognizes what Indian across the road that now looks like a skid row character?

(see the answer key)

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