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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. While en route to rendezvous with her husband, Bessie Black Bull and her son bathe in a ritual cleansing while singing what?
(a) A song for rain.
(b) A song for clean souls.
(c) A song to the sun rising.
(d) A song to the sunset.

2. When Tom Black rides in Madison Square Garden, the newspaper relates that he has killed how many horses?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

3. What happens during one rodeo ride in Texas requiring hospitalization for Tom Black Bull?
(a) He breaks his arm.
(b) He breaks his collarbone.
(c) He breaks his leg.
(d) He breaks his hip.

4. How does Tom Black Bull feel about his first ride in the big time?
(a) Satisfied, it was better than average.
(b) Annoyed, it was less than average.
(c) Displeased, it was only average.
(d) Pleased, it far exceeded average.

5. What do Bessie and Tom Black Bull gather willow shoots and other plants for?
(a) Winter fires.
(b) Lodge mats.
(c) Winter basketry.
(d) Lodge insulation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method does the Mexican ex-bronco rider use to quiet Tom Black Bull's life for a few hours?

2. Riding with the pain of his injuries, what does Tom turn to?

3. What does Tom Black Bull do to relieve his anger when Red Dillon enters him into rodeo bronco riding competitions to cheat?

4. Two white men exit a saloon and offer Tom Black Bull how much to ride 'his horse' at the end of town?

5. What is it that Tom Black finally comes to realize he must face after his being crushed under the horse in Madison Square Garden?

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