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

2. 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 $15 from his pocket.
(b) Takes all but $10 from his pocket.
(c) Takes all but $20 from his pocket.
(d) Takes all but $5 from his pocket.

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

4. How many days away from the agency school does Blue Elk take Tom Black Bull and the bear cub?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. After Tom Black Bull's injury heals they go to Colorado, but his instructor is unable to pull the con, so what happens?
(a) They go to California, Oregon, and Nevada.
(b) They go to Utah, Nevada, and California.
(c) They go to Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah.
(d) They go to Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Tom Black moves on to Thatcher's Market where he purchases what?

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

4. Until he heals more, Tom Black accepts a job doing what that will not be too hard on him?

5. When Tom Black Bull realizes he has been betrayed by Blue Elk, what does he fight for?

(see the answer key)

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