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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. Upon Bessie Black Bull's second trip to trade baskets at Jim Thatcher's store, what does she get?
(a) Calico cloth and a coat with wooden buttons.
(b) Calico material and a coat with brass buttons.
(c) Wool material and a coat with a zipper.
(d) Wool cloth and a coat with carved antler buttons.

2. In what way is the gold prospector injured?
(a) Bleeding profusely from his arm.
(b) Bleeding profusely from his leg.
(c) A twisted ankle.
(d) A fractured leg bone.

3. Blue Elk sees Bessie Black Bull leaving the store on her second trip and steals what from her?
(a) All but a small basket.
(b) All but the red coat for Tom.
(c) All but her clothing.
(d) All but the blue coat for Tom.

4. What does the bear cub that Tom Black Bull takes care of represent?
(a) Tom's 'old way' spirit.
(b) Tom's communion with the wilderness.
(c) Tom's communion with nature.
(d) Tom's communion with his parents' spirits.

5. 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 venison and fish they do not eat.
(c) Smoking coyotes and fish they do not eat.
(d) Smoking cattle and fish they do not eat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is George Black Bull killed?

3. Blue Elk knows that life based on the 'old ways' contrasts starkly with how he lives and is what?

4. What does the gold prospector do the morning after Bear's Brother spies him along the stream?

5. George and Bessie Black Bull are compelled to work where for the white man?

(see the answer key)

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