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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 38 | Part 3, Chapter 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The wild bronco is a symbol of Tom Black Bull's what?
(a) Spirit before being twisted by the white man.
(b) Love of nature before being twisted by the white man.
(c) Love of the outdoors before being twisted by the white man.
(d) Spirit after being twisted by the white man.

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

3. The author, Hal Borland, symbolically compares Tom Black's multiple injuries and hospitalizations with what?
(a) The image of his crippled and injured spirit.
(b) His burning down the San Juan ranch.
(c) The death of his father in the avalanche.
(d) The demise of the Mexican ex-bronco rider.

4. The smell of burnt coffee in New York first reminds Tom Black of when he burned the San Juan barn, and then of what?
(a) Everything about living on the San Juan ranch.
(b) Agency school life, his first time eating white man's food.
(c) Burnt coffee in all the cheap cafes he ate at.
(d) Reservation life as a young child, his mother's breakfasts.

5. What does Red Dillon represent?
(a) The commercial ability of the white man.
(b) The twisted spirit of the white man.
(c) The helpful capability of the white man.
(d) The protective nature of the white rancher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Bessie and Tom Black Bull gather willow shoots and other plants for?

2. Who initially attempts to help Tom Black deal with his dreams in New York?

3. Tom Black Bull and his teacher are run out of Felice with the latter shirtless, so he leaves what on a clothesline they pass?

4. When Tom Black Bull is entered in the first rodeo in Aztec, what is he instructed to do?

5. During his night ride at the Madison Square Garden rodeo, what parts of Tom Black's body go numb with pain?

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