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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Blue Elk impressed to learn about Tom Black Bull?
(a) He knows the 'old ways' have no end.
(b) He has lived alone in the 'old ways' for two years.
(c) He knows how to sing in the 'old ways' alone.
(d) He brings the 'old way' out of Blue Elk by singing.

4. After two years, George and Bessie Black Bull are in debt for how much to the white man?
(a) $42.
(b) $52.
(c) $32.
(d) $62.

5. What does Jim Thatcher tell Bessie Black Bull regarding Blue Elk following her encounter with the Indian women who initially tease her?
(a) He was responsible for stealing from Jim Thatcher's store.
(b) He was totally responsible for settling the issue with Frank No Deer.
(c) He was partly responsible for settling the issue with Frank No Deer.
(d) He had nothing to do with settling the issue with Frank No Deer.

6. Tom Black Bull is left with the horses when his instructor buys a pickup and trailer, then goes to do what?
(a) Buy beer.
(b) Attempt to collect bets.
(c) Sell the horses.
(d) Sell his ranch.

7. What is Bessie Black Bull relieved about upon her return to the mountains following her second trip to Jim Thatcher's store?
(a) She and her son can return to the Southern Ute reservation.
(b) Her son will be going to the white man's school.
(c) The problem concerning Frank No Deer is resolved.
(d) Bear's Brother will be going to the white man's school.

8. Tom Black Bull and his teacher are run out of Felice with the latter shirtless, so he leaves what on a clothesline they pass?
(a) A $2 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.
(b) A $1 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.
(c) A $5 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.
(d) A $10 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.

9. When the first frost arrives, Bessie examines the pine nuts, acorns, and fish they have and decides what?
(a) It was better with the corn grown in the fields.
(b) They needed to find additional food.
(c) This is the way it should be.
(d) The white man's supplies were better.

10. The Mexican ex-bronco rider that now cooks is correct when he says what?
(a) Tom Black Bull's instructor wins, Tom wins, but the horse does not win.
(b) Tom Black Bull's instructor wins, the horse wins, and Tom wins.
(c) Tom Black Bull's instructor wins, the horse wins, but Tom does not win.
(d) Tom Black Bull's instructor wins, but the horse and Tom do not win.

11. Upon returning to the school, to what task is Tom Black Bull assigned at the Cobbler's Shop?
(a) Making leashes and harnesses.
(b) Making shoes and belts.
(c) Making quirts and bridles.
(d) Making belts and suspenders.

12. The circle the stars make is juxtaposed to the squareness of what?
(a) The white man's houses and streets.
(b) The white man's fields.
(c) The white man's books.
(d) The white man's cross.

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

14. 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) 3 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 1 month.

15. The last time Tom Black Bull returns to the hotel to find his instructor asleep and drunk again, he does what?
(a) Takes all but $15 from his pocket.
(b) Takes all but $5 from his pocket.
(c) Takes all but $20 from his pocket.
(d) Takes all but $10 from his pocket.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Frank No Deer buy with the $15 he steals?

3. What do George and Bessie Black Bull opt for when the white man's method of support fails?

4. When Tom Black Bull is entered in the first rodeo in Aztec, what is he instructed to do?

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

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