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

Short Answer Questions

1. The day following his dream about Blue Elk, Tom Black bathes where?

2. Living on the mountain is healing his soul and Tom Black is slowly recalling his former self when he lived how?

3. When Tom Black Bull tells his instructor that he will not ride the circuit with him anymore, he advises he will do what instead?

4. When he reaches the top of the mountain, Tom Black begins to dream, and these dreams summarize his life's battle to do what?

5. Tom Black Bull seems to draw the broncos that do what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tom Black earned a name for himself riding rodeo. He made good money at times. Explain why it is that Tom will never return to ride in the arena.

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

The first horse Tom Black Bull rode to death was in his initial rodeo in Aztec. The last was in Madison Square Garden. What is Tom's violence directed against? Why does he take his violence out on the horses? What does Red Dillon represent? What does Tom become more like as he gives in progressively to his violence?

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