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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. After Tom Black Bull escapes the school, what old Indian tracker is sent with Benny Grayback to find him?
(a) Eagle Eye.
(b) Raven.
(c) Fish.
(d) Night Owl.

2. Blue Elk talks Tom Black Bull into doing what with the bear cub?
(a) Releasing him in the mountain.
(b) Selling him to Jim Thatcher.
(c) Selling him to Blue Elk.
(d) Chaining him in a corral.

3. Tom Black wants to start over again; however, according to the code of the rodeo, where does he have to start?
(a) Working a ranch.
(b) In the arena.
(c) Teaching bronco riding.
(d) Riding a bull.

4. The author, Hal Borland, symbolically compares Tom Black's multiple injuries and hospitalizations with what?
(a) The demise of the Mexican ex-bronco rider.
(b) His burning down the San Juan ranch.
(c) The death of his father in the avalanche.
(d) The image of his crippled and injured spirit.

5. In Tom Black's first dream the bear represents his 'old ways' spirit, while the bronco represents what?
(a) His transition into the white man's world.
(b) His anxiousness in leaving the 'old ways', eagerness to find new ones.
(c) His fears over who he is, and is trying to become.
(d) His excitement on the rough ride into the white man's world.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Symbolically, Tom Black's going back to the mountain represents that he has to do what?

3. When the first frost arrives, Bessie examines the pine nuts, acorns, and fish they have and decides what?

4. When Tom Black rides in Madison Square Garden, the newspaper relates that he has killed how many horses?

5. When he makes his way around the mountain the first time in his search for the bear, the odds are in favor of it being what type?

(see the answer key)

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