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

2. When Bessie Black Bull goes back to town a third time, what does she trade with Indian women in exchange for information about Blue Elk?
(a) Wool.
(b) Basketry.
(c) Firewood.
(d) Calico.

3. When Tom Black Bull is entered in the first rodeo in Aztec, what is he instructed to do?
(a) Ride in a betting scam.
(b) Win each ride.
(c) Ride hard, but honestly.
(d) Ride without getting hurt.

4. Tom Black Bull's ego and sense of adventure are fed by what as he assesses himself west of Corpus Christi?
(a) Winning big bets on the rodeo circuit.
(b) The exhilaration and bravado of the rodeo circuit.
(c) Eating in cafes instead of the Mexican ex-bronco rider's cooking.
(d) Sleeping in hotels instead of a dormitory room.

5. Whom does Tom Black Bull assist with the sheep?
(a) Charley Huckleberry.
(b) Ed Porter.
(c) Benny Grayback.
(d) Albert Left Hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon Bessie Black Bull's second trip to trade baskets at Jim Thatcher's store, what does she get?

2. What is Bessie's response to the situation her man has gotten into?

3. The wild bronco is a symbol of Tom Black Bull's what?

4. What is the name of the Mexican ex-bronco rider who now cooks at Tom Black Bull's new residence?

5. What is Bessie Black Bull relieved about upon her return to the mountains following her second trip to Jim Thatcher's store?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Tom Black Bull encounters his bear cub the next spring at the reservation school boundaries?

3. What does the introductory poem to "When the Legends Die" summarize?

4. What are some reasons Tom Black decides that he must return to the rodeo?

5. Why is the reservation school unsuccessful in teaching Tom Black Bull how to plow fields?

6. How do Tom Black Bull and his parents prepare for the winter on Horse Mountain?

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

8. How does the theme of the roundness of all life unfold through Bessie Black Bull?

9. What transpires when Tom Black Bull makes the escape from the agency school to his lodge on the mountain in October?

10. Why does Tom Black accept the job offer from Jim Woodward?

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