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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 20 | Part 2, Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Tom Black Bull punished when he fights other boys?
(a) He is forced to stand in a corner.
(b) He is flogged.
(c) He is forced to make more baskets.
(d) He is made to stay out in the cold.

2. What does the bear cub that Tom Black Bull takes care of represent?
(a) Tom's 'old way' spirit.
(b) Tom's communion with the wilderness.
(c) Tom's communion with nature.
(d) Tom's communion with his parents' spirits.

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

4. Who has George Black Bull killed?
(a) Frank Spotted Dog.
(b) Frank Rainwater.
(c) Frank Live Deer.
(d) Frank No Deer.

5. When his plowing fails, Tom Black Bull is next set to task as what?
(a) A herd boy with the cows.
(b) A coop boy with the chickens.
(c) A herd boy with the goats.
(d) A shepherd boy with the sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bessie's response to the situation her man has gotten into?

2. In what way is the gold prospector injured?

3. In regards to Blue Elk being willing to sell his own grandmother, what is his reply?

4. When Jim Thatcher tells Bessie Black Bull that Frank No Deer's death was self-defense, what does she do?

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?

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