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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim Thatcher tell Bessie Black Bull regarding Blue Elk following her encounter with the Indian women who initially tease her?
(a) He was responsible for stealing from Jim Thatcher's store.
(b) He had nothing to do with settling the issue with Frank No Deer.
(c) He was totally responsible for settling the issue with Frank No Deer.
(d) He was partly responsible for settling the issue with Frank No Deer.

2. When Tom Black Bull realizes he has been betrayed by Blue Elk, what does he fight for?
(a) The endurance of his spirit and frustration.
(b) The duration of his pride.
(c) The life of his spirit and freedom.
(d) His anger and frustration.

3. What does the bear cub that Tom Black Bull takes care of represent?
(a) Tom's communion with nature.
(b) Tom's 'old way' spirit.
(c) Tom's communion with the wilderness.
(d) Tom's communion with his parents' spirits.

4. Tom Black Bull tells the Mexican ex-bronco rider that he feels powerless at this point in his life, except for when?
(a) When alone in the sagebrush.
(b) When riding horses.
(c) When alone in the mountains.
(d) When making money.

5. What is it that Tom Black Bull admires for sale in a store window when he arrives in Bayfield with Albert Left Hand?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A jacket with brass buttons.
(c) A horse blanket.
(d) A saddle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blue Elk trick Tom Black Bull into agreeing to go to the agency school?

2. Who is called to interpret for Tom Black Bull because he speaks only Ute?

3. What does Tom Black Bull do when Benny Grayback locks him in a room?

4. How is Tom Black Bull punished when he fights other boys?

5. How do Tom Black Bull and his teacher later force a Mexican shepherd to make them food?

Short Essay Questions

1. What transpires during Tom Black's night ride at Madison Square Garden?

2. What is the bear cub that is shackled in the corral symbolic of?

3. How does Tom Black prepare for the winter on the first bench of Granite Peak?

4. What is happening to Tom Black Bull under Red Dillon's control that is frustrating him?

5. How does Tom Black Bull manage as he rides the rodeo circuit the summer following Red Dillon's death?

6. What is printed about Tom Black in the newspaper when he rides in Madison Square Garden?

7. Who is Tom Black reminded of by Mary Redmond attempting to pressure her way into his convalescence?

8. What compels Tom Black back to Horse Mountain?

9. How does Red Dillon use Tom Black Bull to make money on his initial scam?

10. What is Tom Black doing in preparation to ride rodeo again?

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