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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 12 | Part 2, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Bessie and Tom Black Bull gather willow shoots and other plants for?
(a) Lodge insulation.
(b) Winter basketry.
(c) Lodge mats.
(d) Winter fires.

2. In regards to Blue Elk being willing to sell his own grandmother, what is his reply?
(a) She teaches at a different reservation.
(b) She works in a town over the mountains.
(c) She is dead.
(d) He never knew her.

3. Who recognizes that Tom Black Bull and his pet bear are no threat when they arrive in town one July, and manages to calm the townsfolk?
(a) Benny Grayback.
(b) Blue Elk.
(c) The preacher.
(d) Jim Thatcher.

4. What is Bessie's response to the situation her man has gotten into?
(a) She questions George - what has he done to be chased by the white man.
(b) She understands an unspoken truth - George acted justly, according to his conscience.
(c) She chastises her husband - he has gotten his family into deep trouble.
(d) She collects her son and departs - George acted foolishly, in anger.

5. When the first frost arrives, Bessie examines the pine nuts, acorns, and fish they have and decides what?
(a) The white man's supplies were better.
(b) They needed to find additional food.
(c) It was better with the corn grown in the fields.
(d) This is the way it should be.

Short Answer Questions

1. The main character, a Ute boy, first learns the Indian legends, keeps them alive, and then lives with white men. What happens to him, ultimately?

2. The circle the stars make is juxtaposed to the squareness of what?

3. Twisted in spirit by first learning as a boy, then in young adulthood trying to kill memories and old influences, what happens to Tom?

4. While en route to rendezvous with her husband, Bessie Black Bull and her son bathe in a ritual cleansing while singing what?

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

(see the answer key)

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