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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon returning to the ranch to recover a second time, Tom Black Bull learns what about the Mexican ex-bronco rider?
(a) He broke his neck falling from a horse.
(b) He decided to die in his sleep.
(c) He drowned attempting a rescue in a flooded stream.
(d) He decided to commit suicide by gunshot.

2. What happens during Tom Black's ride in the night rodeo at Madison Square Garden?
(a) The roan smashes into the gate.
(b) He rides the roan the full time limit.
(c) The roan bucks him off.
(d) The roan falls on him.

3. What does Tom Black do in response to an animal near him in the meadow being killed by a wild animal?
(a) Helps the dogs round the sheep in chaos.
(b) Pulls his leg chasing the wild animal.
(c) Chases the wild animal up the mountainside.
(d) Shoots the wild animal that killed the lamb.

4. Where does Tom Black ride his gentle horse?
(a) Scouting aspens between Bald Mountain, Granite Peak.
(b) Scouting meadows between Bald Mountain, Granite Peak.
(c) Scouting the brush between Bald Mountain, Granite Peak.
(d) Scouting the desert sands between Bald Mountain, Granite Peak.

5. What is Tom Black trying to kill through his own violence and the killing, bronco riding legend he has become?
(a) Attitudes of the crowds coming only to watch violence.
(b) Indian legends that made up his earlier life.
(c) The white man's lifestyle he has adopted.
(d) The brutality and vengeance that has grown up in him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom not realize takes place whenever he is 'riding for the crowd' and as a killer?

2. Tom Black pushes himself beyond what is approved for his rehabilitation, causing Mary Redmond to be what?

3. In New York, Tom dreams of back-country rodeos, the San Juan ranch, his mother, and mountains, but all the dreams end how?

4. What form of exercise does Tom Black use to strengthen his legs?

5. Now that he is about to leave the hospital, Tom Black knows at this phase that he will be alone, raw, and without the shield of what that he has had for so long?

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