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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. Tom Black Bull is taken to his new dormitory room to get what?
(a) A Holy Bible.
(b) Pencils and paper.
(c) White man's clothes.
(d) White man's food.

2. How many days away from the agency school does Blue Elk take Tom Black Bull and the bear cub?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. After Tom Black Bull's injury heals they go to Colorado, but his instructor is unable to pull the con, so what happens?
(a) They go to Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada.
(b) They go to California, Oregon, and Nevada.
(c) They go to Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah.
(d) They go to Utah, Nevada, and California.

4. When his plowing fails, Tom Black Bull is next set to task as what?
(a) A herd boy with the goats.
(b) A shepherd boy with the sheep.
(c) A coop boy with the chickens.
(d) A herd boy with the cows.

5. The last time Tom Black Bull returns to the hotel to find his instructor asleep and drunk again, he does what?
(a) Takes all but $20 from his pocket.
(b) Takes all but $5 from his pocket.
(c) Takes all but $10 from his pocket.
(d) Takes all but $15 from his pocket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tom Black Bull believe it is foolish to be a farmer?

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

3. What do George and Bessie Black Bull opt for when the white man's method of support fails?

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

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

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

3. What transpires the day after Tom Black Bull spies the gold prospector by the stream?

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

5. What does Tom Black initially dream of while in the hospital?

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

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

8. How is Tom Black Bull introduced to his moneymaking skills in Chapter 21?

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

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

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