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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 12 | Part 2, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Blue Elk talks Tom Black Bull into doing what with the bear cub?
(a) Chaining him in a corral.
(b) Selling him to Jim Thatcher.
(c) Releasing him in the mountain.
(d) Selling him to Blue Elk.

2. What is Bessie Black Bull relieved about upon her return to the mountains following her second trip to Jim Thatcher's store?
(a) Her son will be going to the white man's school.
(b) She and her son can return to the Southern Ute reservation.
(c) The problem concerning Frank No Deer is resolved.
(d) Bear's Brother will be going to the white man's school.

3. What does the introductory poem summarize?
(a) The demise of some, but not all, American Indian tribes.
(b) The tragedy of the demise of American Indian legends.
(c) The tragedy of the demise of the American Wild West.
(d) The pathos of the demise of the American Indian way.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is George Bull's demeanor when he arrives at the house following the fight?

2. How does Blue Elk trick Tom Black Bull into agreeing to go to the agency school?

3. Who has George Black Bull killed?

4. Tom Black Bull is taken to his new dormitory room to get what?

5. The main character, a Ute boy, first learns the Indian legends, keeps them alive, and then lives with white men. What happens to him, ultimately?

(see the answer key)

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