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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. The wild bronco is a symbol of Tom Black Bull's what?
(a) Love of nature before being twisted by the white man.
(b) Love of the outdoors before being twisted by the white man.
(c) Spirit before being twisted by the white man.
(d) Spirit after being twisted by the white man.

2. Having begun to reevaluate his life, Tom Black Bull returns to the hotel and refuses to comply with orders to do what?
(a) Ride in the next rodeo.
(b) Take care of the horses.
(c) Return to his instructor's spread.
(d) Prepare for the next con.

3. 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 making money.
(d) When alone in the mountains.

4. 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.

5. When Tom Black Bull escapes from the school, what happens?
(a) He takes up residence in his lodge as though he never left.
(b) He returns to his mountain and finds his lodge burned down.
(c) He goes to his mountain and the song remains in his soul.
(d) He encounters the jays and chipmunks that remain his friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who recognizes that Tom Black Bull and his pet bear are no threat when they arrive in town one July, and manages to calm the townsfolk?

2. What is Blue Elk impressed to learn about Tom Black Bull?

3. What differs between horses that Tom Black Bull rode on the sagebrush range and those that he rides on the new spread?

4. Tom Black Bull's parents teach him the methods of building lodges, preparing food for winter, and what else?

5. Twisted in spirit by first learning as a boy, then in young adulthood trying to kill memories and old influences, what happens to Tom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens on the ride home when Red Dillon awakens from his stupor and Tom Black Dillon informs him that he took his money?

3. What methods does Red Dillon use to teach Tom Black Bull to ride?

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

5. What happens when Tom Black Bull arrives with his bear cub companion in town to trade basketry?

6. How is the bear cub freed, and how is Tom Black Bull returned to the agency school?

7. What happens when Tom Black Bull takes more than 700 dollars from Red Dillon?

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

9. What happens when Tom Black Bull is locked in his room at the school and he begins to chant?

10. What compels Tom Black back to Horse Mountain?

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