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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. 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) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

2. How many days away from the agency school does Blue Elk take Tom Black Bull and the bear cub?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

4. Tom Black Bull's parents teach him the methods of building lodges, preparing food for winter, and what else?
(a) Hunting buffalo.
(b) Making pots from clay.
(c) Keeping his spirit in tune with nature.
(d) Farming corn.

5. Upon returning to the school, to what task is Tom Black Bull assigned at the Cobbler's Shop?
(a) Making quirts and bridles.
(b) Making leashes and harnesses.
(c) Making belts and suspenders.
(d) Making shoes and belts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blue Elk trick Tom Black Bull into agreeing to go to the agency school?

2. Upon Bessie Black Bull's second trip to trade baskets at Jim Thatcher's store, what does she get?

3. 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?

4. How is George Black Bull killed?

5. What sort of lodge does George Black Bull build when snow begins to show in the mountains?

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