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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 the first frost arrives, Bessie examines the pine nuts, acorns, and fish they have and decides what?
(a) It was better with the corn grown in the fields.
(b) They needed to find additional food.
(c) This is the way it should be.
(d) The white man's supplies were better.

2. What is the name of the Mexican ex-bronco rider who now cooks at Tom Black Bull's new residence?
(a) Francisco.
(b) Angelo.
(c) Diego.
(d) Meo.

3. The circle the stars make is juxtaposed to the squareness of what?
(a) The white man's books.
(b) The white man's cross.
(c) The white man's houses and streets.
(d) The white man's fields.

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

5. What does Blue Elk arrange with the agent regarding Tom Black Bull and the bear cub?
(a) To accompany them to the mountain, release the cub, and bring Tom back.
(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 kill the cub and release Tom on the mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tom Black Bull realizes he has been betrayed by Blue Elk, what does he fight for?

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

3. How does Tom Black Bull share part of his deer kill?

4. Who does Tom Black Bull join with to become a bronco rider?

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?

(see the answer key)

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