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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. When Tom Black Bull lets some animals get ill eating green corn, he is put back in the barn for how long before he goes to the horses?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 weeks.

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

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

4. After his first summer on the big rodeo circuit, Tom Black Bull returns to the ranch to discover what on his first evening back?
(a) The Mexican ex-bronco rider rummaging his suitcase.
(b) The Mexican ex-bronco rider rummaging his wallet.
(c) The Mexican ex-bronco rider rummaging his trousers pockets.
(d) The Mexican ex-bronco rider rummaging his jacket pockets.

5. What happens during one rodeo ride in Texas requiring hospitalization for Tom Black Bull?
(a) He breaks his collarbone.
(b) He breaks his arm.
(c) He breaks his hip.
(d) He breaks his leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. In regards to Blue Elk being willing to sell his own grandmother, what is his reply?

2. Blue Elk talks Tom Black Bull into doing what with the bear cub?

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

4. When Jim Thatcher tells Bessie Black Bull that Frank No Deer's death was self-defense, what does she do?

5. How does Blue Elk trick Tom Black Bull into agreeing to go to the agency school?

(see the answer key)

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