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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tom Black Bull is taken to his new dormitory room to get what?
(a) Pencils and paper.
(b) White man's clothes.
(c) A Holy Bible.
(d) White man's food.

2. Having begun to reevaluate his life, Tom Black Bull returns to the hotel and refuses to comply with orders to do what?
(a) Ride in the next rodeo.
(b) Return to his instructor's spread.
(c) Take care of the horses.
(d) Prepare for the next con.

3. Who is it that tracks the few Utes who have left the reservation to their camp?
(a) Albert Left Hand.
(b) Blue Elk.
(c) Luther Spotted Dog.
(d) Frank No Deer.

4. What is it that Tom Black Bull admires for sale in a store window when he arrives in Bayfield with Albert Left Hand?
(a) A saddle.
(b) A horse blanket.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A jacket with brass buttons.

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

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

7. 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 for rain.
(d) A song to the sun rising.

8. What does the gold prospector do the morning after Bear's Brother spies him along the stream?
(a) He traps one of the cubs.
(b) He shoots one of the bear cubs.
(c) He shoots the she-bear and a cub.
(d) He shoots the she-bear and traps a cub.

9. Tom Black Bull tells the Mexican ex-bronco rider that he feels powerless at this point in his life, except for when?
(a) When making money.
(b) When alone in the mountains.
(c) When riding horses.
(d) When alone in the sagebrush.

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

11. How does Tom Black Bull share part of his deer kill?
(a) With the sheriff.
(b) With a bear.
(c) With Blue Elk.
(d) With Jim Thatcher.

12. The Mexican ex-bronco rider knows that by Tom Black Bull giving in to his violence, he will become what?
(a) Less comfortable on horses.
(b) More like what he hates.
(c) More like what he wants.
(d) Nothing like what he wants.

13. The other students tease Tom Black Bull about his basket weaving skill and call him what?
(a) Bear's Sister.
(b) Basket Woman.
(c) She-bear.
(d) Baby Bear.

14. How many baskets does Bessie Black Bull trade for an ax, ammunition, a hunting knife, and candy at Jim Thatcher's store?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

15. What is the name of the Mexican ex-bronco rider who now cooks at Tom Black Bull's new residence?
(a) Meo.
(b) Francisco.
(c) Angelo.
(d) Diego.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tom Black Bull escapes from the school, what happens?

2. Upon returning to the school, to what task is Tom Black Bull assigned at the Cobbler's Shop?

3. Twisted in spirit by first learning as a boy, then in young adulthood trying to kill memories and old influences, what happens to Tom?

4. West of Corpus Christi, Tom Black Bull assesses his life and his riding skills. How many horses have died under him?

5. Tom Black Bull tells Benny Grayback that he will agree to acclimate under what condition?

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