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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom Black feel later that day after he awakes from his dream?
(a) Jolt of the bronco coming out of the chute.
(b) Thrown from a bronco coming out of the chute.
(c) Landed on by a bronco, his last ride.
(d) Slammed against the gate while on the bronco.

2. Riding with the pain of his injuries, what does Tom turn to?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) 'Old ways'.
(d) Meditation.

3. Who recognizes that Tom Black Bull and his pet bear are no threat when they arrive in town one July, and manages to calm the townsfolk?
(a) The preacher.
(b) Jim Thatcher.
(c) Blue Elk.
(d) Benny Grayback.

4. 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.

5. Tom Black obtains the rodeo schedule, intends to make a comeback, and plans to use his summer pay to buy what?
(a) A car.
(b) A trailer.
(c) Hotel rooms and food.
(d) A saddle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tom Black's painful trek back up the mountain, naked and completely vulnerable to nature, an act of?

2. The author, Hal Borland, symbolically compares Tom Black's multiple injuries and hospitalizations with what?

3. What happens with George Black Bull's body?

4. What form of exercise does Tom Black use to strengthen his legs?

5. Tom Black is unable to pursue his plans until he first does what?

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