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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 do Bessie and Tom Black Bull gather willow shoots and other plants for?
(a) Lodge insulation.
(b) Winter fires.
(c) Winter basketry.
(d) Lodge mats.

2. Upon Bessie Black Bull's second trip to trade baskets at Jim Thatcher's store, what does she get?
(a) Calico material and a coat with brass buttons.
(b) Wool cloth and a coat with carved antler buttons.
(c) Wool material and a coat with a zipper.
(d) Calico cloth and a coat with wooden buttons.

3. When Tom Black Bull grabs the saddle to steady himself on one bronco, he is chewed out for not riding what?
(a) Clean.
(b) Sharp.
(c) Smart.
(d) Smooth.

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

5. What is it that Tom Black Bull admires for sale in a store window when he arrives in Bayfield with Albert Left Hand?
(a) A horse blanket.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A jacket with brass buttons.
(d) A saddle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In regards to Blue Elk being willing to sell his own grandmother, what is his reply?

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?

3. The other students tease Tom Black Bull about his basket weaving skill and call him what?

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

5. Blue Elk knows that life based on the 'old ways' contrasts starkly with how he lives and is what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What transpires during Tom Black Bull's discussion with the doctor following Meo's passing?

4. What causes Tom Black to change his plans again when Woodward collects his sheep for the winter?

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

6. What is the legend about Tom Black being a first cousin of the Devil who got into an argument with him?

7. Why is Tom Black unable to shoot the bear after waiting all night?

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

9. What is life like when Red Dillon and Tom Black Bull work the Oklahoma panhandle and eastern New Mexico in the spring, and Colorado the following autumn?

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

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