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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One night, Tom Black dreams that Blue Elk is speaking to him as though he is still a boy, stating the 'old ways' are gone and Tom must learn to read, write, and what else?
(a) Raise cows.
(b) Rope steer.
(c) Raise sheep.
(d) Plow fields.

2. What is Blue Elk impressed to learn about Tom Black Bull?
(a) He knows the 'old ways' have no end.
(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 has lived alone in the 'old ways' for two years.

3. What does Tom Black feel later that day after he awakes from his dream?
(a) Landed on by a bronco, his last ride.
(b) Thrown from a bronco coming out of the chute.
(c) Slammed against the gate while on the bronco.
(d) Jolt of the bronco coming out of the chute.

4. When Tom Black Bull escapes from the school, what happens?
(a) He encounters the jays and chipmunks that remain his friends.
(b) He returns to his mountain and finds his lodge burned down.
(c) He takes up residence in his lodge as though he never left.
(d) He goes to his mountain and the song remains in his soul.

5. Where does Tom Black still have to face his fear in person?
(a) The corral.
(b) The desert.
(c) The arena.
(d) The mountain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens during Tom Black's ride in the night rodeo at Madison Square Garden?

3. What happens with George Black Bull's body?

4. One afternoon Tom Black picks grasses, weaves a tiny basket, then leaves it in a tree as a nest for what?

5. What differs between horses that Tom Black Bull rode on the sagebrush range and those that he rides on the new spread?

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