When the Legends Die Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Hal Borland
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 199 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

When the Legends Die Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Hal Borland
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 199 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The last time Tom Black Bull returns to the hotel to find his instructor asleep and drunk again, he does what?
(a) Takes all but $20 from his pocket.
(b) Takes all but $15 from his pocket.
(c) Takes all but $5 from his pocket.
(d) Takes all but $10 from his pocket.

2. What is the name of the Mexican ex-bronco rider who now cooks at Tom Black Bull's new residence?
(a) Angelo.
(b) Diego.
(c) Meo.
(d) Francisco.

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) Benny Grayback.
(b) Blue Elk.
(c) Jim Thatcher.
(d) The preacher.

4. Having begun to reevaluate his life, Tom Black Bull returns to the hotel and refuses to comply with orders to do what?
(a) Ride in the next rodeo.
(b) Take care of the horses.
(c) Return to his instructor's spread.
(d) Prepare for the next con.

5. After Tom Black Bull escapes the school, what old Indian tracker is sent with Benny Grayback to find him?
(a) Fish.
(b) Eagle Eye.
(c) Night Owl.
(d) Raven.

6. When Tom Black Bull is entered in the first rodeo in Aztec, what is he instructed to do?
(a) Ride without getting hurt.
(b) Ride in a betting scam.
(c) Win each ride.
(d) Ride hard, but honestly.

7. When Tom Black Bull realizes he has been betrayed by Blue Elk, what does he fight for?
(a) His anger and frustration.
(b) The duration of his pride.
(c) The endurance of his spirit and frustration.
(d) The life of his spirit and freedom.

8. Why has Tom Black Bull taken well to caring for the sheep?
(a) The goats wander too far.
(b) It is a part of his nature.
(c) The pigs are always groveling in mud.
(d) It is not as much work as horses.

9. What happens during one rodeo ride in Texas requiring hospitalization for Tom Black Bull?
(a) He breaks his collarbone.
(b) He breaks his leg.
(c) He breaks his arm.
(d) He breaks his hip.

10. What does Jim Thatcher tell Bessie Black Bull regarding Blue Elk following her encounter with the Indian women who initially tease her?
(a) He was responsible for stealing from Jim Thatcher's store.
(b) He was totally responsible for settling the issue with Frank No Deer.
(c) He was partly responsible for settling the issue with Frank No Deer.
(d) He had nothing to do with settling the issue with Frank No Deer.

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

12. What is the white man's idea of how the Utes should live?
(a) Raising hogs.
(b) Farming corn.
(c) Raising chickens and turkeys.
(d) Hunting and fishing.

13. What is the powerful, violent force directing Tom Black Bull's life while he is in training on the San Juan ranch?
(a) The Mexican ex-bronco rider.
(b) The horses.
(c) His instructor.
(d) The 'old way'.

14. In what way is the gold prospector injured?
(a) A fractured leg bone.
(b) Bleeding profusely from his leg.
(c) A twisted ankle.
(d) Bleeding profusely from his arm.

15. 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?
(a) The 'old ways' are driven from his life.
(b) The white man's ways gradually fade the 'old ways' from memory.
(c) His 'old ways are integrated with his new life.
(d) He absorbs the white man's ways, and forever forgets the 'old ways'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Tom Black Bull admires for sale in a store window when he arrives in Bayfield with Albert Left Hand?

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

3. Two white men exit a saloon and offer Tom Black Bull how much to ride 'his horse' at the end of town?

4. Why does Tom Black Bull believe it is foolish to be a farmer?

5. What does the gold prospector do the morning after Bear's Brother spies him along the stream?

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