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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 16 | Part 2, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. George and Bessie Black Bull are compelled to work where for the white man?
(a) The sheep ranch.
(b) The cattle ranch.
(c) The steelmill.
(d) The sawmill.

2. How many baskets does Bessie Black Bull trade for an ax, ammunition, a hunting knife, and candy at Jim Thatcher's store?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. What does Frank No Deer buy with the $15 he steals?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Traps.
(c) A new suit.
(d) A plow.

4. What do George and Bessie Black Bull opt for when the white man's method of support fails?
(a) Smoking sheep and fish they do not eat.
(b) Smoking coyotes and fish they do not eat.
(c) Smoking venison and fish they do not eat.
(d) Smoking cattle and fish they do not eat.

5. How does Blue Elk trick Tom Black Bull into agreeing to go to the agency school?
(a) Believing the 'old ways' are dead.
(b) Believing he needs to learn the white man's ways.
(c) Believing he needs to teach his people.
(d) Believing the townsfolk will hunt his cub bear unless he does.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Blue Elk impressed to learn about Tom Black Bull?

2. Blue Elk sees Bessie Black Bull leaving the store on her second trip and steals what from her?

3. What is the white man's idea of how the Utes should live?

4. In addition to warmth, why does Bessie Black Bull give her son a red blanket?

5. Upon Bessie Black Bull's second trip to trade baskets at Jim Thatcher's store, what does she get?

(see the answer key)

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