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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. Blue Elk sees Bessie Black Bull leaving the store on her second trip and steals what from her?
(a) All but the blue coat for Tom.
(b) All but her clothing.
(c) All but a small basket.
(d) All but the red coat for Tom.

2. In what way is the gold prospector injured?
(a) Bleeding profusely from his leg.
(b) Bleeding profusely from his arm.
(c) A fractured leg bone.
(d) A twisted ankle.

3. Who is called to interpret for Tom Black Bull because he speaks only Ute?
(a) Albert Left Hand.
(b) Benny Grayback.
(c) Blue Elk.
(d) Charles Huckleberry.

4. What happens with George Black Bull's body?
(a) The sheriff has it buried in the commoner's cemetery.
(b) Animals eat it.
(c) Bessie and Tom bury it in the 'old way'.
(d) It is never found.

5. Why does Tom Black Bull believe it is foolish to be a farmer?
(a) His parents' farming dried in a drought.
(b) One could pick berries and nuts that grew naturally.
(c) Farming and gardening is women's work.
(d) One does not turn the earth into what it does not want to be.

Short Answer Questions

1. The main character, a Ute boy, first learns the Indian legends, keeps them alive, and then lives with white men. What happens to him, ultimately?

2. Tom Black Bull is taken to his new dormitory room to get what?

3. When Tom Black Bull realizes he has been betrayed by Blue Elk, what does he fight for?

4. Tom Black Bull and his teacher are run out of Felice with the latter shirtless, so he leaves what on a clothesline they pass?

5. After Tom Black Bull escapes the school, what old Indian tracker is sent with Benny Grayback to find him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom Black do when the bear rushes from the brush and kills the lamb?

2. What are the 'old ways' Bessie Black Bull teaches Tom as they escape Pagosa and flee into Horse Mountain to link up with her husband, George?

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

4. After returning to Pagosa following his injuries in New York, what does Tom Black recall when he enters Thatcher's Market?

5. After Jim Woodward and the man Tom Black is relieving leave, what is Tom amazed by?

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

7. How is it that Tom Black Bull gets involved in Red Dillon's final hours and burial?

8. Why do Mary Redmond and Tom Black run opposed to each other?

9. Why is it that Tom Black Bull gets by caring for sheep with Albert Left Hand?

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

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