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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) For the experience of riding Mexican horses.
(d) So they will not be recognized and can pull a con.

2. Blue Elk sees Bessie Black Bull leaving the store on her second trip and steals what from her?
(a) All but the red coat for Tom.
(b) All but a small basket.
(c) All but her clothing.
(d) All but the blue coat for Tom.

3. In regards to Blue Elk being willing to sell his own grandmother, what is his reply?
(a) She works in a town over the mountains.
(b) She is dead.
(c) He never knew her.
(d) She teaches at a different reservation.

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

5. Blue Elk tracks Bear's Brother to his mountain lodge, and upon looking around is reminded of whom?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His father.
(c) His woman.
(d) His mother.

6. While en route to rendezvous with her husband, Bessie Black Bull and her son bathe in a ritual cleansing while singing what?
(a) A song to the sunset.
(b) A song to the sun rising.
(c) A song for clean souls.
(d) A song for rain.

7. Blue Elk knows that life based on the 'old ways' contrasts starkly with how he lives and is what?
(a) Superior to his lifestyle.
(b) Identical to his lifestyle.
(c) Inferior to his lifestyle.
(d) Comparable to his lifestyle.

8. Tom Black Bull tells Benny Grayback that he will agree to acclimate under what condition?
(a) If they will let his brother, Bear, free.
(b) If he can visit his parents' graves.
(c) If he can eat Indian meals.
(d) If he can retrieve items from his lodge.

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

10. What happens during one rodeo ride in Texas requiring hospitalization for Tom Black Bull?
(a) He breaks his leg.
(b) He breaks his hip.
(c) He breaks his collarbone.
(d) He breaks his arm.

11. George and Bessie Black Bull are compelled to work where for the white man?
(a) The cattle ranch.
(b) The sawmill.
(c) The steelmill.
(d) The sheep ranch.

12. When Tom Black Bull is entered in the first rodeo in Aztec, what is he instructed to do?
(a) Win each ride.
(b) Ride in a betting scam.
(c) Ride without getting hurt.
(d) Ride hard, but honestly.

13. Upon returning to his mountain, what does Tom Black Bull learn?
(a) He still remembers the songs of his spirit.
(b) His spirit is becoming polluted.
(c) His spirit remains pure.
(d) He has lost much of his 'old ways' knowledge.

14. How is Tom Black Bull punished when he fights other boys?
(a) He is forced to stand in a corner.
(b) He is made to stay out in the cold.
(c) He is forced to make more baskets.
(d) He is flogged.

15. Whom does Tom Black Bull assist with the sheep?
(a) Charley Huckleberry.
(b) Ed Porter.
(c) Benny Grayback.
(d) Albert Left Hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. When his plowing fails, Tom Black Bull is next set to task as what?

2. What do Bessie and Tom Black Bull gather willow shoots and other plants for?

3. After Tom Black Bull escapes the school, what old Indian tracker is sent with Benny Grayback to find him?

4. In addition to warmth, why does Bessie Black Bull give her son a red blanket?

5. What is it that Tom Black Bull admires for sale in a store window when he arrives in Bayfield with Albert Left Hand?

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