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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prescription does Tom Black's doctor offer, which allows for little else on his new job?
(a) Eat, sleep, walk.
(b) Eat, sleep, relax.
(c) Eat, think, sleep.
(d) Eat, sleep, ride quiet horses.

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

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) Learn the path he must now take.
(b) Establish his goals.
(c) Find where he has been, where he is going.
(d) Discover who he is.

4. 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) Purchase a rifle to hunt the bear.
(d) Change his plans again.

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

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

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

8. What animals does Tom Black leave the remainder of his uneaten, initial breakfast pancakes for?
(a) Prairie dogs, chipmunks.
(b) Grouse, squirrels.
(c) Prairie chickens, prairie dogs.
(d) Chipmunks, birds.

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

10. Looking back, what does Tom know the bear would have done had he fired his rifle and missed the bear's heart?
(a) Run away.
(b) Killed him.
(c) Stared at him.
(d) Awaited to be killed.

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

12. Upon returning to the ranch to recover a second time, Tom Black Bull learns what about the Mexican ex-bronco rider?
(a) He decided to die in his sleep.
(b) He drowned attempting a rescue in a flooded stream.
(c) He decided to commit suicide by gunshot.
(d) He broke his neck falling from a horse.

13. 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) He is saddened, knowing that it is children who are affected.
(d) It does not bother him in the least.

14. What happens during Tom Black's ride in the night rodeo at Madison Square Garden?
(a) He rides the roan the full time limit.
(b) The roan smashes into the gate.
(c) The roan bucks him off.
(d) The roan falls on him.

15. What form of exercise does Tom Black use to strengthen his legs?
(a) Mountain hiking.
(b) Jogging.
(c) Walking.
(d) Jumping rope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom Black Bull's instructor die from?

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

3. Tom Black Bull seems to draw the broncos that do what?

4. What is the rodeo a wild ride of, literally and figuratively?

5. What does Tom Black tell his new employer about his past?

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