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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Tom will live awhile in the 'old ways', then go to town and the Indian school to see what is happening, but will not what?
(a) Seek out Jim Thatcher.
(b) Go back to the arena.
(c) Hunt game any further, only fish.
(d) Find out what became of Blue Elk.

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

5. One afternoon Tom Black picks grasses, weaves a tiny basket, then leaves it in a tree as a nest for what?
(a) A field mouse.
(b) A prairie dog.
(c) A chipmunk.
(d) A prairie chicken.

6. How does Tom Black Bull care for his instructor's body?
(a) Offers to pay for the burial.
(b) Buries it at the San Juan ranch.
(c) Leaves it for the city pauper's cemetery.
(d) Collects saloon donations to pay for the funeral.

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

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

9. 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.

10. Starved, what does Tom Bull begin cooking for his next meal following breakfast on his initial day at work?
(a) Venison roast.
(b) Stew.
(c) Tortillas.
(d) Beef steak.

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

12. If you include the one killed in Aztec, which is not in the records, Tom Black determines he has killed how many horses before his ride in Madison Square Garden?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

13. Who initially attempts to help Tom Black deal with his dreams in New York?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A preacher.
(c) An Indian rodeo hand.
(d) A doctor.

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

15. The smell of burnt coffee in New York first reminds Tom Black of when he burned the San Juan barn, and then of what?
(a) Agency school life, his first time eating white man's food.
(b) Everything about living on the San Juan ranch.
(c) Reservation life as a young child, his mother's breakfasts.
(d) Burnt coffee in all the cheap cafes he ate at.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author, Hal Borland, symbolically compares Tom Black's multiple injuries and hospitalizations with what?

3. Where does Tom Black leave his clothes bag while he walks up the street?

4. 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?

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

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