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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jim Thatcher tells Bessie Black Bull that Frank No Deer's death was self-defense, what does she do?
(a) She does not believe him, so she and Tom quickly leave town.
(b) She tells him it is too late, that George is dead.
(c) She and Tom part ways, as she believes they will look for him.
(d) She returns to the Southern Ute reservation.

2. What differs between horses that Tom Black Bull rode on the sagebrush range and those that he rides on the new spread?
(a) Indian horses were bigger.
(b) Essentially no difference.
(c) Indian ponies were heftier.
(d) Indian ponies were smaller.

3. Upon returning to his mountain, what does Tom Black Bull learn?
(a) He has lost much of his 'old ways' knowledge.
(b) He still remembers the songs of his spirit.
(c) His spirit is becoming polluted.
(d) His spirit remains pure.

4. His second July riding big rodeos, Tom Black Bull's wild horse smashes into the gate and causes what injuries?
(a) Breaks the horse's neck and Tom's arm.
(b) Pierces the horse's chest, breaks Tom's arm and ribs.
(c) Pierces the horse's chest, breaks Tom's leg and ribs.
(d) Pierces the horse's chest, breaks Tom's arm and leg.

5. In New York, Tom dreams of back-country rodeos, the San Juan ranch, his mother, and mountains, but all the dreams end how?
(a) Him trapped saddled to a bronco forever falling.
(b) He and his mother fleeing Pagosa to meet his father.
(c) As a youth bathing in an icy brook, chanting to a new day.
(d) His first ride on a bronco in a small rodeo.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Tom Black Bull escapes the school, what old Indian tracker is sent with Benny Grayback to find him?

2. What is it that Tom Black finally comes to realize he must face after his being crushed under the horse in Madison Square Garden?

3. The wild bronco is a symbol of Tom Black Bull's what?

4. Tom Black Bull spends much time thinking as he recovers, then decides to what?

5. One afternoon Tom Black picks grasses, weaves a tiny basket, then leaves it in a tree as a nest for what?

(see the answer key)

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