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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Symbolically, Tom Black's going back to the mountain represents that he has to do what?
(a) Identify his two spirits.
(b) Release his two spirits.
(c) Reunite his two spirits.
(d) Expose his two spirits.

2. How does Tom Black get back to Pagosa?
(a) By bus.
(b) By hitchhiking.
(c) By train.
(d) By plane.

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

4. Tom Black had gotten rid of all memory smells but the bear, and he plans to track it down and do what if it is a grizzly?
(a) Share his spirits with it.
(b) Kill it.
(c) Trap it.
(d) Chant to it.

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

6. After several more seasons, legends about Tom Black Bull start to crop up as well as what new nickname?
(a) Ruthless Tom Killer.
(b) Hostile Tom Devil.
(c) Tom Black Vengeance.
(d) Killer Tom Black.

7. Tom Black Bull spends much time thinking as he recovers, then decides to what?
(a) Buy the ranch and give up rodeo riding.
(b) Burn down the ranch cabin and barn.
(c) Quit rodeo riding and return to the mountain.
(d) Buy the ranch and teach Utes to ride broncos.

8. Where does Tom Black head back to after stocking up on supplies?
(a) Bald Mountain.
(b) Granite Peak.
(c) Grizzly Mountain.
(d) Horse Mountain.

9. Tom Black dreams about his mother dying, chanting her death song, which brings what to the foreground of his psyche?
(a) Life at the reservation school.
(b) More of the 'old ways'.
(c) Experiences in the arena.
(d) Life at the San Juan ranch.

10. Where does Tom Black ride his gentle horse?
(a) Scouting the brush between Bald Mountain, Granite Peak.
(b) Scouting meadows between Bald Mountain, Granite Peak.
(c) Scouting the desert sands between Bald Mountain, Granite Peak.
(d) Scouting aspens between Bald Mountain, Granite Peak.

11. Mary Redmond tells Tom Black that she has located a rest home in the country run by whom?
(a) A woman she knows.
(b) A retired couple she knows.
(c) A young couple she knows.
(d) A man she knows.

12. 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 leg and ribs.
(d) Pierces the horse's chest, breaks Tom's arm and leg.

13. What does Tom Black Bull's instructor die from?
(a) A brain aneurysm.
(b) A gunshot wound.
(c) A bad heart, liver, and kidneys.
(d) Being thrown from a horse.

14. 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) Plow fields.
(b) Rope steer.
(c) Raise cows.
(d) Raise sheep.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who initially attempts to help Tom Black deal with his dreams in New York?

2. The day following his dream about Blue Elk, Tom Black bathes where?

3. Tom Black faces a crossroads following his Madison Square Garden rodeo ride; one that starts where?

4. What is Tom Black's painful trek back up the mountain, naked and completely vulnerable to nature, an act of?

5. Tom Black faces various crossroads in his life, each time taking the path leading to what?

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