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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tom Black Bull seems to draw the broncos that do what?
(a) Expose his light, content nature.
(b) Reveal his nasty, yet accepting nature.
(c) Mirror his dark, vicious nature.
(d) Reflect his excited, yet satisfied nature.

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

3. 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.

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

5. Now that he is about to leave the hospital, Tom Black knows at this phase that he will be alone, raw, and without the shield of what that he has had for so long?
(a) His anger and violence.
(b) The morbid rodeo crowd.
(c) Nurses and doctors.
(d) Harmony of nature, roundness of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blue Elk arrange with the agent regarding Tom Black Bull and the bear cub?

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

3. Upon returning to his mountain, what does Tom Black Bull learn?

4. What is the powerful, violent force directing Tom Black Bull's life while he is in training on the San Juan ranch?

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

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