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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. How many baskets does Bessie Black Bull trade for an ax, ammunition, a hunting knife, and candy at Jim Thatcher's store?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. What is Blue Elk impressed to learn about Tom Black Bull?
(a) He knows how to sing in the 'old ways' alone.
(b) He brings the 'old way' out of Blue Elk by singing.
(c) He knows the 'old ways' have no end.
(d) He has lived alone in the 'old ways' for two years.

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?
(a) He makes the trek without building any legends.
(b) False legends arise, but he is able to remain focused.
(c) He builds his own false legends as he goes.
(d) He makes the transition integrating the legends.

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

5. 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 collects her son and departs - George acted foolishly, in anger.
(d) She chastises her husband - he has gotten his family into deep trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the white man's idea of how the Utes should live?

3. When late March arrives, Tom Black Bull knows the time has come for what?

4. When Jim Thatcher tells Bessie Black Bull that Frank No Deer's death was self-defense, what does she do?

5. How is Tom Black Bull punished when he fights other boys?

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