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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Talking with his employer about the bear he saw makes Tom Black do what?
(a) Talk his employer into following him to where he saw the bear.
(b) Continue with his plans for the rodeo.
(c) Change his plans again.
(d) Purchase a rifle to hunt the bear.

2. How does Tom Black describe broncos to Mary Redmond?
(a) As mean outlaws.
(b) As mountain bears.
(c) As troubled spirits.
(d) As merely untamed.

3. When he reaches the top of the mountain, Tom Black begins to dream, and these dreams summarize his life's battle to do what?
(a) Discover who he is.
(b) Find where he has been, where he is going.
(c) Establish his goals.
(d) Learn the path he must now take.

4. Until he heals more, Tom Black accepts a job doing what that will not be too hard on him?
(a) Cattle herding.
(b) Leather cobbling.
(c) Shepherding.
(d) Store clerking, shelf stocking.

5. Tom Black pushes himself beyond what is approved for his rehabilitation, causing Mary Redmond to be what?
(a) Proud.
(b) Glad.
(c) Unaffected.
(d) Frustrated.

6. What is it that Mary Redmond wants with Tom Black?
(a) To share pride with him.
(b) To have control over him.
(c) To provide assistance to him.
(d) To offer encouragement with him.

7. When the time comes where Tom Black is looking for rehabilitation homes, what is Mary Redmond trying to do?
(a) Slowly remove herself from part of his rehabilitation.
(b) Escape being slowly trapped as part of his life.
(c) Remain a continuing part of his rehabilitation.
(d) Move to Florida to find a home near the beach.

8. What do the beans being choked by the weeds represent?
(a) Tom Black Bull being nearly choked from life on the ranch.
(b) The life being choked from horses on the rodeo circuit.
(c) Tom Black Bull being nearly choked from the white man's rodeo circuit.
(d) The Mexican ex-bronco rider's life being choked from his farming life.

9. Tom Black moves on to Thatcher's Market where he purchases what?
(a) A blue coat with brass buttons.
(b) A new western hat.
(c) Work clothes, to change his image.
(d) More practical, casual clothing.

10. Tom Black faces various crossroads in his life, each time taking the path leading to what?
(a) A legend that Utes are natural bronco riders.
(b) His desire for injury, pain.
(c) His skillful riding talent displayed.
(d) His self-indulging ego, power.

11. Upon hearing of the grizzly bear that Tom Black thinks he saw, his employer responds that it is more likely what type?
(a) A black bear.
(b) A mountain bear.
(c) A reddish panda.
(d) A cinnamon bear.

12. Tom Black is unable to pursue his plans until he first does what?
(a) Faces the bear.
(b) Attempts to find the bear.
(c) Kills the bear.
(d) Traps the bear.

13. His second July riding big rodeos, Tom Black Bull's wild horse smashes into the gate and causes what injuries?
(a) Breaks the horse's neck and Tom's arm.
(b) Pierces the horse's chest, breaks Tom's arm and ribs.
(c) Pierces the horse's chest, breaks Tom's arm and leg.
(d) Pierces the horse's chest, breaks Tom's leg and ribs.

14. What is Tom Black's reaction when children in the park recognize him and point him out as a killer?
(a) He ignores them outwardly, but inside it tears him apart.
(b) He points back at them, says they are next.
(c) It does not bother him in the least.
(d) He is saddened, knowing that it is children who are affected.

15. One night, Tom Black dreams that Blue Elk is speaking to him as though he is still a boy, stating the 'old ways' are gone and Tom must learn to read, write, and what else?
(a) Raise sheep.
(b) Raise cows.
(c) Plow fields.
(d) Rope steer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom sets out to kill a boyhood, ends up killing the man he has been for so long, and finds what?

2. When Tom Black initiates his physical therapy with Mary Redmond, he is getting around how?

3. Tom Black tracks the bear up the mountain, circles back around to where he started, and discovers what?

4. A bear rushes into the meadow from the brush and kills what, as Tom Black muses over his rodeo plans one day?

5. When he makes his way around the mountain the first time in his search for the bear, the odds are in favor of it being what type?

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