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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 32 | Part 3, Chapter 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tom Black Bull and his teacher are run out of Felice with the latter shirtless, so he leaves what on a clothesline they pass?
(a) A $5 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.
(b) A $10 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.
(c) A $1 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.
(d) A $2 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.

2. Why does Tom Black Bull believe it is foolish to be a farmer?
(a) One could pick berries and nuts that grew naturally.
(b) His parents' farming dried in a drought.
(c) One does not turn the earth into what it does not want to be.
(d) Farming and gardening is women's work.

3. Blue Elk talks Tom Black Bull into doing what with the bear cub?
(a) Releasing him in the mountain.
(b) Selling him to Jim Thatcher.
(c) Chaining him in a corral.
(d) Selling him to Blue Elk.

4. What is Blue Elk impressed to learn about Tom Black Bull?
(a) He has lived alone in the 'old ways' for two years.
(b) He knows how to sing in the 'old ways' alone.
(c) He brings the 'old way' out of Blue Elk by singing.
(d) He knows the 'old ways' have no end.

5. Upon returning to the ranch to recover a second time, Tom Black Bull learns what about the Mexican ex-bronco rider?
(a) He drowned attempting a rescue in a flooded stream.
(b) He broke his neck falling from a horse.
(c) He decided to die in his sleep.
(d) He decided to commit suicide by gunshot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Tom Black Bull and his teacher later force a Mexican shepherd to make them food?

2. When his plowing fails, Tom Black Bull is next set to task as what?

3. How does Tom Black Bull share part of his deer kill?

4. How many baskets does Bessie Black Bull trade for an ax, ammunition, a hunting knife, and candy at Jim Thatcher's store?

5. What happens during one rodeo ride in Texas requiring hospitalization for Tom Black Bull?

(see the answer key)

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