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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. What is Bessie's response to the situation her man has gotten into?
(a) She questions George - what has he done to be chased by the white man.
(b) She chastises her husband - he has gotten his family into deep trouble.
(c) She understands an unspoken truth - George acted justly, according to his conscience.
(d) She collects her son and departs - George acted foolishly, in anger.

2. What does Frank No Deer buy with the $15 he steals?
(a) A new suit.
(b) A plow.
(c) Traps.
(d) Sheep.

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

4. What does the gold prospector do the morning after Bear's Brother spies him along the stream?
(a) He traps one of the cubs.
(b) He shoots the she-bear and a cub.
(c) He shoots the she-bear and traps a cub.
(d) He shoots one of the bear cubs.

5. 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?
(a) The foot of Bald Mountain.
(b) The foot of Horse Mountain.
(c) The foot of Granite Peak.
(d) The foot of Grizzly Mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is it that tracks the few Utes who have left the reservation to their camp?

2. What do George and Bessie Black Bull opt for when the white man's method of support fails?

3. What does Jim Thatcher tell Bessie Black Bull regarding Blue Elk following her encounter with the Indian women who initially tease her?

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

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

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