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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tom Black Bull's parents teach him the methods of building lodges, preparing food for winter, and what else?
(a) Keeping his spirit in tune with nature.
(b) Making pots from clay.
(c) Farming corn.
(d) Hunting buffalo.

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

3. What happens with George Black Bull's body?
(a) Animals eat it.
(b) Bessie and Tom bury it in the 'old way'.
(c) It is never found.
(d) The sheriff has it buried in the commoner's cemetery.

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

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

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

7. Who does Tom Black Bull share a room with in the dormitory?
(a) Frank No Deer.
(b) Meo.
(c) Albert Left Hand.
(d) Luther Spotted Dog.

8. When late March arrives, Tom Black Bull knows the time has come for what?
(a) The Bear Song.
(b) The Bear Growling.
(c) The Bear Mating.
(d) The Bear Dance.

9. 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 for rain.
(b) A song to the sunset.
(c) A song for clean souls.
(d) A song to the sun rising.

10. 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 $5 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.
(b) A $10 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.
(c) A $1 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.
(d) A $2 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long following his punishment does Tom Black Bull escape the school?

2. What is Bessie's response to the situation her man has gotten into?

3. What does the gold prospector do the morning after Bear's Brother spies him along the stream?

4. In addition to assisting ewes and lambs through the difficulty of birth, Tom Black Bull helps protect against what?

5. Upon Bessie Black Bull's second trip to trade baskets at Jim Thatcher's store, what does she get?

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