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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Tom Black ride his gentle horse?
(a) Scouting meadows between Bald Mountain, Granite Peak.
(b) Scouting the brush between Bald Mountain, Granite Peak.
(c) Scouting the desert sands between Bald Mountain, Granite Peak.
(d) Scouting aspens between Bald Mountain, Granite Peak.

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

4. What is Tom Black's reaction when children in the park recognize him and point him out as a killer?
(a) It does not bother him in the least.
(b) He ignores them outwardly, but inside it tears him apart.
(c) He is saddened, knowing that it is children who are affected.
(d) He points back at them, says they are next.

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

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

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

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

9. The author, Hal Borland, symbolically compares Tom Black's multiple injuries and hospitalizations with what?
(a) The death of his father in the avalanche.
(b) His burning down the San Juan ranch.
(c) The demise of the Mexican ex-bronco rider.
(d) The image of his crippled and injured spirit.

10. 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?
(a) Harmony of nature, roundness of life.
(b) The morbid rodeo crowd.
(c) Nurses and doctors.
(d) His anger and violence.

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

12. Tom Black finds where the bear has cached the remains of a kill it has made, so he does what?
(a) Picks a spot among nearby boulders, waits for the bear to return.
(b) Picks a spot in a nearby tree, waits for the bear to return.
(c) Decides to give up his hunt, returns to break his camp down.
(d) Continues to track the bear now that he is closing in.

13. In Tom Black's contact with Mary Redmond, he recalls the others who tried to make him do things their way. Who are they?
(a) Meo, Rowena Ellis, Frank No Deer, George Black Bull.
(b) Blue Elk, Rowena Ellis, Benny Grayback, Red Dillon.
(c) Bessie Black Bull, Rowena Ellis, Benny Grayback, Meo.
(d) Blue Elk, Frank No Deer, Jim Thatcher, Red Dillon.

14. How does Tom Black Bull feel about his first ride in the big time?
(a) Satisfied, it was better than average.
(b) Displeased, it was only average.
(c) Annoyed, it was less than average.
(d) Pleased, it far exceeded average.

15. In the final chapter, where does Tom build his new lodge?
(a) The first bench of Horse Mountain.
(b) The first bench of Grizzly Mountain.
(c) The first bench of Granite Peak.
(d) The first bench of Bald Mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tom Black initiates his physical therapy with Mary Redmond, he is getting around how?

2. In Tom Black's second dream while in the juniper on Horse Mountain, thoughts of what go through his mind?

3. Tom Black faces various crossroads in his life, each time taking the path leading to what?

4. What switch is taking place in Tom Black's life as he dreams of his mother's death?

5. 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?

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