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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 does Frank No Deer buy with the $15 he steals?

2. What do Bessie and Tom Black Bull gather willow shoots and other plants for?

3. When late March arrives, Tom Black Bull knows the time has come for what?

4. How many days away from the agency school does Blue Elk take Tom Black Bull and the bear cub?

5. How many baskets does Bessie Black Bull trade for an ax, ammunition, a hunting knife, and candy at Jim Thatcher's store?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Tom Black lays asleep on prickly needles, what does he dream of?

2. How does Tom Black prepare for the winter on the first bench of Granite Peak?

3. What does Tom Black initially dream of while in the hospital?

4. In Chapter 28, what is it that the reader learns has changed for Red Dillon and Tom Black Bull upon going back to Colorado?

5. After returning to Pagosa following his injuries in New York, what does Tom Black recall when he enters Thatcher's Market?

6. Who is Tom Black reminded of by Mary Redmond attempting to pressure her way into his convalescence?

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

8. Why do Mary Redmond and Tom Black run opposed to each other?

9. What happens to Tom Black the next day after he has a dream in which Blue Elk becomes Red Dillon laughing at him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Early in the book the reader learns the Utes are quite resourceful, and they approach life in a very practical fashion. When the farming methods taught them by the white man fail due to drought, they revert to their 'old ways', which are clearly in concert with nature. Contrast the approach of the white man to life with the 'old ways' handed down to Tom Black Bull by his parents.

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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