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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After two years, George and Bessie Black Bull are in debt for how much to the white man?

2. Tom Black Bull is taken to his new dormitory room to get what?

3. What method does the Mexican ex-bronco rider use to quiet Tom Black Bull's life for a few hours?

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

5. What does Jim Thatcher tell Bessie Black Bull regarding Blue Elk following her encounter with the Indian women who initially tease her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What are some reasons Tom Black decides that he must return to the rodeo?

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

7. What happens when Jim Woodward offers Tom Black a winter job a second time?

8. 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'?

9. 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?

10. What is printed about Tom Black in the newspaper when he rides in Madison Square Garden?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tom Black Bull is taught to ride broncos at Red Dillon's ranch. His new life is totally apart from everything Ute Indian. What is the sequence of steps Red utilizes in teaching Tom? What does Tom have to learn along the way as he advances? What unethical maneuvers does Red plan to utilize to make money from Tom's efforts?

Essay Topic 2

For a period in each of their lives, both George Black Bull and Tom are outlaws, but each is a different type of outlaw. George is an outlaw for killing a man. What are his reasons? What type of outlaw is Tom? Why does he do what he does? Compare and contrast the two.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 42, Tom accepts a simple job of shepherding when he comes back to Pagosa to recover. When he is alone with the sheep, what is he surprised by? What are the memories that flood back? How does he adjust to the simple life as he recuperates and makes plans to return to the rodeo?

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