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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The day following his dream about Blue Elk, Tom Black bathes where?
(a) In the early morning, icy creek.
(b) In the early evening, cool creek.
(c) In the mid-morning, cold creek.
(d) In the mid-afternoon, warm creek.

2. Tom Black faces a crossroads following his Madison Square Garden rodeo ride; one that starts where?
(a) Following a twisted ankle.
(b) At the brink of his death.
(c) After another minor injury.
(d) A successful ride.

3. 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 reddish panda.
(c) A mountain bear.
(d) A cinnamon bear.

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

5. When does Tom Black arrive and camp at his old campsite when he returns to locate the bear?
(a) The fourth night.
(b) The third night.
(c) The second night.
(d) The first night.

6. Where does Tom Black still have to face his fear in person?
(a) The desert.
(b) The arena.
(c) The corral.
(d) The mountain.

7. During his night ride at the Madison Square Garden rodeo, what parts of Tom Black's body go numb with pain?
(a) Left knee and ankle.
(b) Right knee and ankle.
(c) Right arm and elbow.
(d) Left arm and elbow.

8. Tom's mother told her son that time lays scars on a man, becoming part of his being, just like what?
(a) Markings on a diamondback rattlesnake.
(b) Stripes on a skunk.
(c) White head of a bald eagle
(d) Stripes on a chipmunk.

9. Tom Black tracks the bear up the mountain, circles back around to where he started, and discovers what?
(a) Not another fresh sign.
(b) Only an old sign where it once slept.
(c) Where it cached a carcass.
(d) Not another sign.

10. What does Tom Black do in response to an animal near him in the meadow being killed by a wild animal?
(a) Helps the dogs round the sheep in chaos.
(b) Chases the wild animal up the mountainside.
(c) Pulls his leg chasing the wild animal.
(d) Shoots the wild animal that killed the lamb.

11. Tom Black was obsessed with killing his past, but why does he now see that he must kill that which he has become?
(a) To escape his past and embark on a new future.
(b) Rid himself of his bronco riding ways and embark on a new path.
(c) To get back where the 'old way' and a new one can blend.
(d) To get back to the wholeness that is his heritage.

12. Tom Black Bull seems to draw the broncos that do what?
(a) Reveal his nasty, yet accepting nature.
(b) Expose his light, content nature.
(c) Mirror his dark, vicious nature.
(d) Reflect his excited, yet satisfied nature.

13. Walking up the street, Tom Black recognizes what Indian across the road that now looks like a skid row character?
(a) Benny Grayback, the old head man.
(b) Blue Elk, who used to trick him.
(c) Luther Spotted Dog, his former roommate.
(d) Charley Huckleberry, a former council member.

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

15. What is Tom Black's painful trek back up the mountain, naked and completely vulnerable to nature, an act of?
(a) Atonement.
(b) Death.
(c) Fear.
(d) Newness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Those who observe how Tom Black rides and lives between rides see that the ride is the only time he does what?

2. When does Tom Black's employer link up with him to collect the herd?

3. When Tom Black rides in Madison Square Garden, the newspaper relates that he has killed how many horses?

4. What does Mary Redmond tell Tom Black she once cried all night over?

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

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