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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens with George Black Bull's body?
(a) The sheriff has it buried in the commoner's cemetery.
(b) Bessie and Tom bury it in the 'old way'.
(c) Animals eat it.
(d) It is never found.

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

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

4. Upon returning to the school, to what task is Tom Black Bull assigned at the Cobbler's Shop?
(a) Making shoes and belts.
(b) Making belts and suspenders.
(c) Making quirts and bridles.
(d) Making leashes and harnesses.

5. Why do Tom Black Bull and his teacher bother to make the four-day ride just for the rodeo at Bernalillo?
(a) Tom stands a better chance of winning, as the rodeo is very small.
(b) So they will not be recognized and can pull a con.
(c) For the experience of riding Mexican horses.
(d) The rodeo there pays more than at other places.

6. How many days away from the agency school does Blue Elk take Tom Black Bull and the bear cub?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

7. What does Tom Black Bull do when Benny Grayback locks him in a room?
(a) He escapes using his ax, but is found.
(b) He picks the lock open, but is stopped.
(c) He chants.
(d) He climbs out a window, but is caught.

8. What does Tom Black Bull do to relieve his anger when Red Dillon enters him into rodeo bronco riding competitions to cheat?
(a) Vents it in any way he can.
(b) Vents it in every legal way he can.
(c) Quits riding altogether.
(d) Vents it in every illegal way he can.

9. Who does Tom Black Bull join with to become a bronco rider?
(a) Red Dillon.
(b) Marty Redmond.
(c) Bill Edwards.
(d) Ed Porter.

10. Tom Black Bull is taken to his new dormitory room to get what?
(a) A Holy Bible.
(b) Pencils and paper.
(c) White man's food.
(d) White man's clothes.

11. In addition to assisting ewes and lambs through the difficulty of birth, Tom Black Bull helps protect against what?
(a) Rattlesnakes.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Bears.
(d) Racoons.

12. Who does Tom Black Bull share a room with in the dormitory?
(a) Albert Left Hand.
(b) Luther Spotted Dog.
(c) Frank No Deer.
(d) Meo.

13. What do Bessie and Tom Black Bull gather willow shoots and other plants for?
(a) Lodge insulation.
(b) Winter fires.
(c) Winter basketry.
(d) Lodge mats.

14. Two white men exit a saloon and offer Tom Black Bull how much to ride 'his horse' at the end of town?
(a) A dime.
(b) Fifty cents.
(c) A quarter.
(d) Two dollars.

15. The Mexican ex-bronco rider knows that by Tom Black Bull giving in to his violence, he will become what?
(a) More like what he hates.
(b) More like what he wants.
(c) Nothing like what he wants.
(d) Less comfortable on horses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Blue Elk knows that life based on the 'old ways' contrasts starkly with how he lives and is what?

3. The last time Tom Black Bull returns to the hotel to find his instructor asleep and drunk again, he does what?

4. When Tom Black Bull is entered in the first rodeo in Aztec, what is he instructed to do?

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?

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