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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. Tom Black tracks the bear up the mountain, circles back around to where he started, and discovers what?
(a) Only an old sign where it once slept.
(b) Not another fresh sign.
(c) Where it cached a carcass.
(d) Not another sign.

2. In what way is the gold prospector injured?
(a) A fractured leg bone.
(b) Bleeding profusely from his arm.
(c) Bleeding profusely from his leg.
(d) A twisted ankle.

3. When Tom Black Bull realizes he has been betrayed by Blue Elk, what does he fight for?
(a) The life of his spirit and freedom.
(b) His anger and frustration.
(c) The endurance of his spirit and frustration.
(d) The duration of his pride.

4. What sort of lodge does George Black Bull build when snow begins to show in the mountains?
(a) Round like the sun and path of the stars.
(b) In a cave behind brush and stones.
(c) A conical teepee made of animal skins.
(d) Peaked like the mountain caps.

5. Starved, what does Tom Bull begin cooking for his next meal following breakfast on his initial day at work?
(a) Venison roast.
(b) Tortillas.
(c) Beef steak.
(d) Stew.

Short Answer Questions

1. George and Bessie Black Bull are compelled to work where for the white man?

2. Who recognizes that Tom Black Bull and his pet bear are no threat when they arrive in town one July, and manages to calm the townsfolk?

3. Upon Bessie Black Bull's second trip to trade baskets at Jim Thatcher's store, what does she get?

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

5. What animals does Tom Black leave the remainder of his uneaten, initial breakfast pancakes for?

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