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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. What is the powerful, violent force directing Tom Black Bull's life while he is in training on the San Juan ranch?
(a) The Mexican ex-bronco rider.
(b) The 'old way'.
(c) His instructor.
(d) The horses.

2. Those who observe how Tom Black rides and lives between rides see that the ride is the only time he does what?
(a) Comes alive.
(b) Relaxes.
(c) Regresses.
(d) Swears.

3. 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) Harmony of nature, roundness of life.
(c) The morbid rodeo crowd.
(d) Nurses and doctors.

4. 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.

5. When Tom Black Bull lets some animals get ill eating green corn, he is put back in the barn for how long before he goes to the horses?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 1 month.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Tom Black Bull punished when he fights other boys?

2. The Mexican ex-bronco rider that now cooks is correct when he says what?

3. After several more seasons, legends about Tom Black Bull start to crop up as well as what new nickname?

4. What does Tom Black tell his new employer about his past?

5. Tom Black faces various crossroads in his life, each time taking the path leading to what?

(see the answer key)

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