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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 $10 from his pocket.
(b) Takes all but $15 from his pocket.
(c) Takes all but $20 from his pocket.
(d) Takes all but $5 from his pocket.

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

3. 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 cross.
(c) The white man's fields.
(d) The white man's books.

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

5. Tom Black Bull emerges a new man after purchasing new clothing and going to the barber, and draws the attention of whom?
(a) A new instructor.
(b) A store clerk.
(c) A cafe cook.
(d) A waitress.

6. 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.

7. How is George Black Bull killed?
(a) Strangled by Blue Elk.
(b) In an avalanche.
(c) He drowns.
(d) Shot by the sheriff.

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

9. What does the bear cub that Tom Black Bull takes care of represent?
(a) Tom's communion with his parents' spirits.
(b) Tom's 'old way' spirit.
(c) Tom's communion with the wilderness.
(d) Tom's communion with nature.

10. What do George and Bessie Black Bull opt for when the white man's method of support fails?
(a) Smoking sheep and fish they do not eat.
(b) Smoking venison and fish they do not eat.
(c) Smoking cattle and fish they do not eat.
(d) Smoking coyotes and fish they do not eat.

11. In addition to warmth, why does Bessie Black Bull give her son a red blanket?
(a) Red is the color for protection.
(b) Red is the color for courage.
(c) Red is the color for trust.
(d) Red is the color for honor.

12. Tom Black Bull is given a single room at whose suggestion?
(a) Charley Huckleberry.
(b) Benny Grayback.
(c) Dolly Beaverfoot.
(d) Rowena Ellis.

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

14. Why do Tom Black Bull and his teacher bother to make the four-day ride just for the rodeo at Bernalillo?
(a) For the experience of riding Mexican horses.
(b) So they will not be recognized and can pull a con.
(c) Tom stands a better chance of winning, as the rodeo is very small.
(d) The rodeo there pays more than at other places.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In regards to Blue Elk being willing to sell his own grandmother, what is his reply?

3. What does the introductory poem summarize?

4. Tom Black Bull is taken to his new dormitory room to get what?

5. What happens with George Black Bull's body?

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