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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tom Black get back to Pagosa?
(a) By hitchhiking.
(b) By bus.
(c) By plane.
(d) By train.

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

3. When Jim Thatcher tells Bessie Black Bull that Frank No Deer's death was self-defense, what does she do?
(a) She tells him it is too late, that George is dead.
(b) She and Tom part ways, as she believes they will look for him.
(c) She returns to the Southern Ute reservation.
(d) She does not believe him, so she and Tom quickly leave town.

4. What does Tom not realize takes place whenever he is 'riding for the crowd' and as a killer?
(a) He only wins when he kills.
(b) He always loses.
(c) He is riding the white man's way.
(d) He can never stop drugs for pain.

5. Why does Mary Redmond not like cats?
(a) Cats scratch too quickly.
(b) Cats claw furniture.
(c) Cats are finicky eaters.
(d) Cats are too independent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the introductory poem summarize?

2. The day following his dream about Blue Elk, Tom Black bathes where?

3. Tom Black tracks the bear up the mountain, circles back around to where he started, and discovers what?

4. Upon hearing of the grizzly bear that Tom Black thinks he saw, his employer responds that it is more likely what type?

5. While en route to rendezvous with her husband, Bessie Black Bull and her son bathe in a ritual cleansing while singing what?

(see the answer key)

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