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

2. Tom Black Bull tells the Mexican ex-bronco rider that he feels powerless at this point in his life, except for when?
(a) When riding horses.
(b) When making money.
(c) When alone in the sagebrush.
(d) When alone in the mountains.

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

4. If you include the one killed in Aztec, which is not in the records, Tom Black determines he has killed how many horses before his ride in Madison Square Garden?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

5. Why do Tom Black Bull and his teacher bother to make the four-day ride just for the rodeo at Bernalillo?
(a) Tom stands a better chance of winning, as the rodeo is very small.
(b) The rodeo there pays more than at other places.
(c) So they will not be recognized and can pull a con.
(d) For the experience of riding Mexican horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. The smell of burnt coffee in New York first reminds Tom Black of when he burned the San Juan barn, and then of what?

2. As Tom Black Bull moves into the big time rodeo, riding as his own man, what is he bringing Into his next stage of life?

3. In what way is the gold prospector injured?

4. After Tom Black Bull escapes the school, what old Indian tracker is sent with Benny Grayback to find him?

5. How does Tom Black Bull care for his instructor's body?

(see the answer key)

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