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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Riding with the pain of his injuries, what does Tom turn to?
(a) 'Old ways'.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Meditation.

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

3. The day following his dream about Blue Elk, Tom Black bathes where?
(a) In the mid-afternoon, warm creek.
(b) In the early evening, cool creek.
(c) In the early morning, icy creek.
(d) In the mid-morning, cold creek.

4. What does Tom Black do in response to an animal near him in the meadow being killed by a wild animal?
(a) Chases the wild animal up the mountainside.
(b) Helps the dogs round the sheep in chaos.
(c) Pulls his leg chasing the wild animal.
(d) Shoots the wild animal that killed the lamb.

5. What is Tom Black's painful trek back up the mountain, naked and completely vulnerable to nature, an act of?
(a) Death.
(b) Fear.
(c) Newness.
(d) Atonement.

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

7. What do the beans being choked by the weeds represent?
(a) The life being choked from horses on the rodeo circuit.
(b) The Mexican ex-bronco rider's life being choked from his farming life.
(c) Tom Black Bull being nearly choked from life on the ranch.
(d) Tom Black Bull being nearly choked from the white man's rodeo circuit.

8. His second July riding big rodeos, Tom Black Bull's wild horse smashes into the gate and causes what injuries?
(a) Pierces the horse's chest, breaks Tom's leg and ribs.
(b) Pierces the horse's chest, breaks Tom's arm and leg.
(c) Breaks the horse's neck and Tom's arm.
(d) Pierces the horse's chest, breaks Tom's arm and ribs.

9. Those who observe how Tom Black rides and lives between rides see that the ride is the only time he does what?
(a) Regresses.
(b) Swears.
(c) Comes alive.
(d) Relaxes.

10. When Tom Black Bull tells his instructor that he will not ride the circuit with him anymore, he advises he will do what instead?
(a) Work the con circuit by himself.
(b) Ride the big time alone, for keeps.
(c) Return to his mountain alone.
(d) Find safer, steadier work.

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

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

13. Why does Mary Redmond not like cats?
(a) Cats are finicky eaters.
(b) Cats scratch too quickly.
(c) Cats claw furniture.
(d) Cats are too independent.

14. 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) Burnt coffee in all the cheap cafes he ate at.
(b) Agency school life, his first time eating white man's food.
(c) Everything about living on the San Juan ranch.
(d) Reservation life as a young child, his mother's breakfasts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In New York, Tom dreams of back-country rodeos, the San Juan ranch, his mother, and mountains, but all the dreams end how?

2. How does Tom Black Bull feel about his first ride in the big time?

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

4. After his first summer on the big rodeo circuit, Tom Black Bull returns to the ranch to discover what on his first evening back?

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

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