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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Walking up the street, Tom Black recognizes what Indian across the road that now looks like a skid row character?
(a) Benny Grayback, the old head man.
(b) Charley Huckleberry, a former council member.
(c) Blue Elk, who used to trick him.
(d) Luther Spotted Dog, his former roommate.
2. Upon returning to the ranch to recover a second time, Tom Black Bull learns what about the Mexican ex-bronco rider?
(a) He drowned attempting a rescue in a flooded stream.
(b) He broke his neck falling from a horse.
(c) He decided to die in his sleep.
(d) He decided to commit suicide by gunshot.
3. By the last chapter, Tom Black's name has changed to what?
(a) Tom Grizzly Bear.
(b) Chief Bear's Brother.
(c) Tom Black Bull.
(d) Chief Black Bull.
4. Tom Black moves on to Thatcher's Market where he purchases what?
(a) A new western hat.
(b) A blue coat with brass buttons.
(c) Work clothes, to change his image.
(d) More practical, casual clothing.
5. What prescription does Tom Black's doctor offer, which allows for little else on his new job?
(a) Eat, sleep, ride quiet horses.
(b) Eat, sleep, walk.
(c) Eat, think, sleep.
(d) Eat, sleep, relax.
6. When Tom Black initiates his physical therapy with Mary Redmond, he is getting around how?
(a) With crutches.
(b) In a wheelchair.
(c) Using a cane.
(d) Held up by two aides.
7. A bear rushes into the meadow from the brush and kills what, as Tom Black muses over his rodeo plans one day?
(a) A sheep.
(b) A horse.
(c) A herding dog.
(d) A lamb.
8. What is Tom Black trying to kill through his own violence and the killing, bronco riding legend he has become?
(a) Indian legends that made up his earlier life.
(b) The brutality and vengeance that has grown up in him.
(c) Attitudes of the crowds coming only to watch violence.
(d) The white man's lifestyle he has adopted.
9. One afternoon Tom Black picks grasses, weaves a tiny basket, then leaves it in a tree as a nest for what?
(a) A field mouse.
(b) A prairie dog.
(c) A chipmunk.
(d) A prairie chicken.
10. Tom Black faces various crossroads in his life, each time taking the path leading to what?
(a) His desire for injury, pain.
(b) His skillful riding talent displayed.
(c) A legend that Utes are natural bronco riders.
(d) His self-indulging ego, power.
11. What switch is taking place in Tom Black's life as he dreams of his mother's death?
(a) Tom is concentrating increasingly about his future.
(b) Tom is becoming sad about his need to ride rodeo again.
(c) Tom is worrying about his dying on the rodeo circuit.
(d) Tom is slipping back more into his past.
12. Tom Black Bull seems to draw the broncos that do what?
(a) Reflect his excited, yet satisfied nature.
(b) Reveal his nasty, yet accepting nature.
(c) Expose his light, content nature.
(d) Mirror his dark, vicious nature.
13. Upon hearing of the grizzly bear that Tom Black thinks he saw, his employer responds that it is more likely what type?
(a) A mountain bear.
(b) A reddish panda.
(c) A cinnamon bear.
(d) A black bear.
14. One night, Tom Black dreams that Blue Elk is speaking to him as though he is still a boy, stating the 'old ways' are gone and Tom must learn to read, write, and what else?
(a) Raise cows.
(b) Raise sheep.
(c) Rope steer.
(d) Plow fields.
15. When he reaches the top of the mountain, Tom Black begins to dream, and these dreams summarize his life's battle to do what?
(a) Learn the path he must now take.
(b) Find where he has been, where he is going.
(c) Establish his goals.
(d) Discover who he is.
Short Answer Questions
1. The day following his dream about Blue Elk, Tom Black bathes where?
2. What animals does Tom Black leave the remainder of his uneaten, initial breakfast pancakes for?
3. As Tom Black Bull moves into the big time rodeo, riding as his own man, what is he bringing Into his next stage of life?
4. If you include the one killed in Aztec, which is not in the records, Tom Black determines he has killed how many horses before his ride in Madison Square Garden?
5. Tom Black widens his hunt, and while looking for dry wood at one point, comes upon what and makes his kill?
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