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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Bear's Brother will be going to the white man's school.
(d) Her son will be going to the white man's school.

2. What is Bessie's response to the situation her man has gotten into?
(a) She questions George - what has he done to be chased by the white man.
(b) She collects her son and departs - George acted foolishly, in anger.
(c) She understands an unspoken truth - George acted justly, according to his conscience.
(d) She chastises her husband - he has gotten his family into deep trouble.

3. 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 for clean souls.
(c) A song to the sun rising.
(d) A song to the sunset.

4. 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 $2 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.
(c) A $1 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.
(d) A $10 bill in exchange for a shirt he takes.

5. 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?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

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

7. 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?
(a) The foot of Grizzly Mountain.
(b) The foot of Horse Mountain.
(c) The foot of Granite Peak.
(d) The foot of Bald Mountain.

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

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

10. Tom Black Bull tells Benny Grayback that he will agree to acclimate under what condition?
(a) If he can eat Indian meals.
(b) If they will let his brother, Bear, free.
(c) If he can retrieve items from his lodge.
(d) If he can visit his parents' graves.

11. 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 traps a cub.
(d) He shoots the she-bear and a cub.

12. In addition to assisting ewes and lambs through the difficulty of birth, Tom Black Bull helps protect against what?
(a) Racoons.
(b) Bears.
(c) Rattlesnakes.
(d) Dogs.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Mexican ex-bronco rider knows that by Tom Black Bull giving in to his violence, he will become what?

2. What does Tom Black Bull do to relieve his anger when Red Dillon enters him into rodeo bronco riding competitions to cheat?

3. The last time Tom Black Bull returns to the hotel to find his instructor asleep and drunk again, he does what?

4. Who recognizes that Tom Black Bull and his pet bear are no threat when they arrive in town one July, and manages to calm the townsfolk?

5. When Tom Black Bull realizes he has been betrayed by Blue Elk, what does he fight for?

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