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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 24 | Part 3, Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When his plowing fails, Tom Black Bull is next set to task as what?
(a) A shepherd boy with the sheep.
(b) A herd boy with the goats.
(c) A herd boy with the cows.
(d) A coop boy with the chickens.

2. What sort of lodge does George Black Bull build when snow begins to show in the mountains?
(a) A conical teepee made of animal skins.
(b) Round like the sun and path of the stars.
(c) In a cave behind brush and stones.
(d) Peaked like the mountain caps.

3. What does Blue Elk arrange with the agent regarding Tom Black Bull and the bear cub?
(a) To kill the cub and release Tom on the mountain.
(b) To kill the cub with his bow and an arrow, and tell Tom he released it.
(c) To accompany both to his lodge and release them there.
(d) To accompany them to the mountain, release the cub, and bring Tom back.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is called to interpret for Tom Black Bull because he speaks only Ute?

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

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

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

5. In addition to assisting ewes and lambs through the difficulty of birth, Tom Black Bull helps protect against what?

(see the answer key)

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