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

2. Tom Black Bull emerges a new man after purchasing new clothing and going to the barber, and draws the attention of whom?
(a) A store clerk.
(b) A new instructor.
(c) A cafe cook.
(d) A waitress.

3. Why do Tom Black Bull and his teacher bother to make the four-day ride just for the rodeo at Bernalillo?
(a) The rodeo there pays more than at other places.
(b) Tom stands a better chance of winning, as the rodeo is very small.
(c) For the experience of riding Mexican horses.
(d) So they will not be recognized and can pull a con.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When late March arrives, Tom Black Bull knows the time has come for what?

2. How long following his punishment does Tom Black Bull escape the school?

3. What does Tom Black Bull do to relieve his anger when Red Dillon enters him into rodeo bronco riding competitions to cheat?

4. The Mexican ex-bronco rider knows that by Tom Black Bull giving in to his violence, he will become what?

5. Having begun to reevaluate his life, Tom Black Bull returns to the hotel and refuses to comply with orders to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what sort of glimpse does the author provide of life on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in comparison to Indian life the 'old way'?

2. What are some of his thoughts related to the bear during Tom Black's first night spent back at the old sheep camp?

3. Bessie Black Bull is concerned in reference to what Jim Thatcher told her at the store about them no longer searching for George. What does she do?

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

5. How does Tom Black Bull adjust to life at the agency school?

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

7. How do Red Dillon and Tom Black Bull exercise their con at the Bernalillo rodeo?

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

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

10. How does Meo, the Mexican ex-bronco twister, take Tom Black Bull under his belt at Red Dillon's spread?

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