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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 chicken.
(c) A prairie dog.
(d) A chipmunk.

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

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

5. 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) Expose his two spirits.
(d) Reunite his two spirits.

6. What is the rodeo a wild ride of, literally and figuratively?
(a) Slips and falls.
(b) Bumps and bruises.
(c) Tosses and turns.
(d) Ups and downs.

7. Tom Black pushes himself beyond what is approved for his rehabilitation, causing Mary Redmond to be what?
(a) Proud.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) Glad.
(d) Unaffected.

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

9. What does Mary Redmond tell Tom Black she once cried all night over?
(a) Losing a goldfish she wanted.
(b) Losing a canary she wanted.
(c) Losing a dog she wanted.
(d) Losing a rabbit she wanted.

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) Shoots the wild animal that killed the lamb.
(c) Chases the wild animal up the mountainside.
(d) Pulls his leg chasing the wild animal.

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

12. Tom Black obtains the rodeo schedule, intends to make a comeback, and plans to use his summer pay to buy what?
(a) A saddle.
(b) A trailer.
(c) Hotel rooms and food.
(d) A car.

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 is saddened, knowing that it is children who are affected.
(c) He points back at them, says they are next.
(d) It does not bother him in the least.

14. Tom Black ends his journey in Part 4, Chapter 48, making a full circle from oneness with nature to hell and violence, or where?
(a) New to old and back.
(b) Opposition into harmony and back.
(c) Roundness into nature and back.
(d) Life to death and back.

15. When Tom Black rides in Madison Square Garden, the newspaper relates that he has killed how many horses?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom's mother told her son that time lays scars on a man, becoming part of his being, just like what?

2. 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?

3. Tom Black widens his hunt, and while looking for dry wood at one point, comes upon what and makes his kill?

4. Tom Black wants to start over again; however, according to the code of the rodeo, where does he have to start?

5. Living on the mountain is healing his soul and Tom Black is slowly recalling his former self when he lived how?

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