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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The main character, a Ute boy, first learns the Indian legends, keeps them alive, and then lives with white men. What happens to him, ultimately?
(a) He absorbs the white man's ways, and forever forgets the 'old ways'.
(b) His 'old ways are integrated with his new life.
(c) The white man's ways gradually fade the 'old ways' from memory.
(d) The 'old ways' are driven from his life.

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

3. What is the powerful, violent force directing Tom Black Bull's life while he is in training on the San Juan ranch?
(a) The 'old way'.
(b) The Mexican ex-bronco rider.
(c) His instructor.
(d) The horses.

4. 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 for clean souls.
(c) A song to the sun rising.
(d) A song for rain.

5. When his plowing fails, Tom Black Bull is next set to task as what?
(a) A coop boy with the chickens.
(b) A herd boy with the cows.
(c) A herd boy with the goats.
(d) A shepherd boy with the sheep.

6. How do Tom Black Bull and his teacher later force a Mexican shepherd to make them food?
(a) Under threat of punching.
(b) At gunpoint.
(c) At knifepoint.
(d) Under threat of clubbing.

7. After Tom Black Bull's injury heals they go to Colorado, but his instructor is unable to pull the con, so what happens?
(a) They go to Utah, Nevada, and California.
(b) They go to California, Oregon, and Nevada.
(c) They go to Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah.
(d) They go to Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada.

8. Who does Tom Black Bull join with to become a bronco rider?
(a) Red Dillon.
(b) Ed Porter.
(c) Marty Redmond.
(d) Bill Edwards.

9. What is George Bull's demeanor when he arrives at the house following the fight?
(a) Frantic and upset.
(b) Nervous, but in control.
(c) Calm and controlled.
(d) Worried and in fear.

10. When Tom Black Bull grabs the saddle to steady himself on one bronco, he is chewed out for not riding what?
(a) Smooth.
(b) Sharp.
(c) Smart.
(d) Clean.

11. The wild bronco is a symbol of Tom Black Bull's what?
(a) Spirit after being twisted by the white man.
(b) Love of nature before being twisted by the white man.
(c) Spirit before being twisted by the white man.
(d) Love of the outdoors before being twisted by the white man.

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

13. What do Bessie and Tom Black Bull gather willow shoots and other plants for?
(a) Winter fires.
(b) Winter basketry.
(c) Lodge insulation.
(d) Lodge mats.

14. Why has Tom Black Bull taken well to caring for the sheep?
(a) It is not as much work as horses.
(b) The pigs are always groveling in mud.
(c) It is a part of his nature.
(d) The goats wander too far.

15. What is the white man's idea of how the Utes should live?
(a) Farming corn.
(b) Raising chickens and turkeys.
(c) Hunting and fishing.
(d) Raising hogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is the gold prospector injured?

2. The Mexican ex-bronco rider that now cooks is correct when he says what?

3. Tom Black Bull's ego and sense of adventure are fed by what as he assesses himself west of Corpus Christi?

4. 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?

5. What does Tom Black Bull do when Benny Grayback locks him in a room?

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