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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 sagebrush.
(c) When alone in the mountains.
(d) When riding horses.

2. What does Tom Black Bull do to relieve his anger when Red Dillon enters him into rodeo bronco riding competitions to cheat?
(a) Vents it in every legal way he can.
(b) Quits riding altogether.
(c) Vents it in any way he can.
(d) Vents it in every illegal way he can.

3. What method does the Mexican ex-bronco rider use to quiet Tom Black Bull's life for a few hours?
(a) Telling him stories of the 'old ways'.
(b) Playing his guitar and singing.
(c) Harvesting chilies and beans.
(d) Praying in the chapel.

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

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

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

7. Whom does Tom Black Bull assist with the sheep?
(a) Albert Left Hand.
(b) Charley Huckleberry.
(c) Benny Grayback.
(d) Ed Porter.

8. Blue Elk talks Tom Black Bull into doing what with the bear cub?
(a) Selling him to Jim Thatcher.
(b) Releasing him in the mountain.
(c) Chaining him in a corral.
(d) Selling him to Blue Elk.

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

10. 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 belts and suspenders.
(c) Making quirts and bridles.
(d) Making shoes and belts.

11. 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 stand in a corner.
(c) He is flogged.
(d) He is forced to make more baskets.

12. 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 $20 from his pocket.
(b) Takes all but $5 from his pocket.
(c) Takes all but $15 from his pocket.
(d) Takes all but $10 from his pocket.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom Black Bull share part of his deer kill?

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

3. Where do Bessie Black Bull and her son wait for two days to ensure that no one follows them en route to their rendezvous with her husband?

4. Tom Black Bull is left with the horses when his instructor buys a pickup and trailer, then goes to do what?

5. What is it that Tom Black Bull admires for sale in a store window when he arrives in Bayfield with Albert Left Hand?

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