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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By the last chapter, Tom Black's name has changed to what?
(a) Tom Black Bull.
(b) Chief Black Bull.
(c) Chief Bear's Brother.
(d) Tom Grizzly Bear.

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

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. In Tom Black's first dream the bear represents his 'old ways' spirit, while the bronco represents what?
(a) His anxiousness in leaving the 'old ways', eagerness to find new ones.
(b) His excitement on the rough ride into the white man's world.
(c) His transition into the white man's world.
(d) His fears over who he is, and is trying to become.

6. As Tom Black Bull moves into the big time rodeo, riding as his own man, what is he bringing Into his next stage of life?
(a) His new successful sense of achievement.
(b) His new calm, peaceful tranquility.
(c) His new fear of loss and injury.
(d) His new, hard, vicious spirit.

7. 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?
(a) Large cinnamon, not the grizzly cub he knew as a child.
(b) Large mountain bear, not the grizzly cub he knew as a child.
(c) Large black, not the grizzly cub he knew as a child.
(d) The grizzly cub he knew as a child, not a large cinnamon.

8. 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) Luther Spotted Dog, his former roommate.
(c) Charley Huckleberry, a former council member.
(d) Blue Elk, who used to trick him.

9. 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) More practical, casual clothing.
(d) A blue coat with brass buttons.

10. A bear rushes into the meadow from the brush and kills what, as Tom Black muses over his rodeo plans one day?
(a) A sheep.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A horse.
(d) A herding dog.

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

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

13. What does Tom Black feel later that day after he awakes from his dream?
(a) Landed on by a bronco, his last ride.
(b) Jolt of the bronco coming out of the chute.
(c) Thrown from a bronco coming out of the chute.
(d) Slammed against the gate while on the bronco.

14. When does Tom Black's employer link up with him to collect the herd?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Summer.

15. He will soon be out of the hospital and on his way to mend, so what does Tom Black do with his dreams and nightmares at this stage?
(a) Places them behind him.
(b) Stays awake so he will not face them.
(c) Discusses them with a counselor.
(d) Forgets them by drinking alcohol more heavily.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tom Black Bull tells his instructor that he will not ride the circuit with him anymore, he advises he will do what instead?

2. What is Tom Black's initial reaction to Mary Redmond's suggestions regarding a rest home?

3. Upon returning to the ranch to recover a second time, Tom Black Bull learns what about the Mexican ex-bronco rider?

4. Riding with the pain of his injuries, what does Tom turn to?

5. Now that he is about to leave the hospital, Tom Black knows at this phase that he will be alone, raw, and without the shield of what that he has had for so long?

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