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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 20 | Part 2, Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to assisting ewes and lambs through the difficulty of birth, Tom Black Bull helps protect against what?
(a) Rattlesnakes.
(b) Bears.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Racoons.

2. When late March arrives, Tom Black Bull knows the time has come for what?
(a) The Bear Dance.
(b) The Bear Mating.
(c) The Bear Song.
(d) The Bear Growling.

3. Blue Elk knows that life based on the 'old ways' contrasts starkly with how he lives and is what?
(a) Superior to his lifestyle.
(b) Identical to his lifestyle.
(c) Inferior to his lifestyle.
(d) Comparable to his lifestyle.

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

5. 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?
(a) He absorbs the white man's ways, and forever forgets the 'old ways'.
(b) His 'old ways are integrated with his new life.
(c) The 'old ways' are driven from his life.
(d) The white man's ways gradually fade the 'old ways' from memory.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. After two years, George and Bessie Black Bull are in debt for how much to the white man?

4. Whom does Tom Black Bull assist with the sheep?

5. Why does Tom Black Bull believe it is foolish to be a farmer?

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