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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 8 | Part 1, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do George and Bessie Black Bull opt for when the white man's method of support fails?
(a) Smoking sheep and fish they do not eat.
(b) Smoking cattle and fish they do not eat.
(c) Smoking venison and fish they do not eat.
(d) Smoking coyotes and fish they do not eat.

2. While en route to rendezvous with her husband, Bessie Black Bull and her son bathe in a ritual cleansing while singing what?
(a) A song for clean souls.
(b) A song for rain.
(c) A song to the sunset.
(d) A song to the sun rising.

3. How many baskets does Bessie Black Bull trade for an ax, ammunition, a hunting knife, and candy at Jim Thatcher's store?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. How does Tom Black Bull share part of his deer kill?
(a) With a bear.
(b) With Blue Elk.
(c) With the sheriff.
(d) With Jim Thatcher.

5. Who is it that tracks the few Utes who have left the reservation to their camp?
(a) Frank No Deer.
(b) Blue Elk.
(c) Luther Spotted Dog.
(d) Albert Left Hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the first frost arrives, Bessie examines the pine nuts, acorns, and fish they have and decides what?

2. Twisted in spirit by first learning as a boy, then in young adulthood trying to kill memories and old influences, what happens to Tom?

3. What does the introductory poem summarize?

4. 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?

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

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