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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. What is the name of the Mexican ex-bronco rider who now cooks at Tom Black Bull's new residence?

2. When Jim Thatcher tells Bessie Black Bull that Frank No Deer's death was self-defense, what does she do?

3. When Tom Black Bull lets some animals get ill eating green corn, he is put back in the barn for how long before he goes to the horses?

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

5. Where do Bessie Black Bull and her son wait for two days to ensure that no one follows them en route to their rendezvous with her husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Mary Redmond attempt to pressure herself into becoming a continuing part of Tom Black's rehabilitation?

7. What does the introductory poem to "When the Legends Die" summarize?

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

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

10. How does Tom come to be called Bear's Brother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Meo is a Mexican ex-bronco twister who takes Tom Black Bull under his belt. He will end up becoming a mentor for him. Detail what Meo does outside with Tom to quiet his life over a few hours. What wisdom does Meo share with Tom? What does Meo get Tom to do the 'old way'? What is Meo's response to Tom informing him that the 'old way' has died? What is Meo's response to Tom informing him he came to learn from Red how to be his own boss? Who does Meo inform Tom that the boss is?

Essay Topic 3

Bessie Black Bull follows the 'old way' of teaching through songs. Elaborate on this Ute Indian approach to passing on their heritage. What songs does Tom Black Bull learn from his mother? What is he taught through them?

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