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

2. In addition to warmth, why does Bessie Black Bull give her son a red blanket?
(a) Red is the color for protection.
(b) Red is the color for honor.
(c) Red is the color for courage.
(d) Red is the color for trust.

3. Who does Tom Black Bull share a room with in the dormitory?
(a) Albert Left Hand.
(b) Luther Spotted Dog.
(c) Meo.
(d) Frank No Deer.

4. What is the white man's idea of how the Utes should live?
(a) Farming corn.
(b) Hunting and fishing.
(c) Raising hogs.
(d) Raising chickens and turkeys.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the first frost arrives, Bessie examines the pine nuts, acorns, and fish they have and decides what?

2. How long following his punishment does Tom Black Bull escape the school?

3. Upon returning to his mountain, what does Tom Black Bull learn?

4. Upon returning to the school, to what task is Tom Black Bull assigned at the Cobbler's Shop?

5. Tom Black Bull is taken to his new dormitory room to get what?

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