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

2. How does Tom Black Bull share part of his deer kill?
(a) With Blue Elk.
(b) With the sheriff.
(c) With a bear.
(d) With Jim Thatcher.

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

4. When Jim Thatcher tells Bessie Black Bull that Frank No Deer's death was self-defense, what does she do?
(a) She tells him it is too late, that George is dead.
(b) She returns to the Southern Ute reservation.
(c) She does not believe him, so she and Tom quickly leave town.
(d) She and Tom part ways, as she believes they will look for him.

5. While en route to rendezvous with her husband, Bessie Black Bull and her son bathe in a ritual cleansing while singing what?
(a) A song for clean souls.
(b) A song to the sunset.
(c) A song for rain.
(d) A song to the sun rising.

Short Answer Questions

1. Blue Elk tracks Bear's Brother to his mountain lodge, and upon looking around is reminded of whom?

2. When Bessie Black Bull goes back to town a third time, what does she trade with Indian women in exchange for information about Blue Elk?

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

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

5. What does the introductory poem summarize?

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