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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is called to interpret for Tom Black Bull because he speaks only Ute?
(a) Blue Elk.
(b) Charles Huckleberry.
(c) Albert Left Hand.
(d) Benny Grayback.

3. Tom Black Bull's parents teach him the methods of building lodges, preparing food for winter, and what else?
(a) Hunting buffalo.
(b) Keeping his spirit in tune with nature.
(c) Farming corn.
(d) Making pots from clay.

4. How is George Black Bull killed?
(a) Shot by the sheriff.
(b) He drowns.
(c) In an avalanche.
(d) Strangled by Blue Elk.

5. After two years, George and Bessie Black Bull are in debt for how much to the white man?
(a) $52.
(b) $62.
(c) $32.
(d) $42.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Mexican ex-bronco rider that now cooks is correct when he says what?

2. In what way is the gold prospector injured?

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

4. What is the name of the Mexican ex-bronco rider who now cooks at Tom Black Bull's new residence?

5. While en route to rendezvous with her husband, Bessie Black Bull and her son bathe in a ritual cleansing while singing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 28, what is it that the reader learns has changed for Red Dillon and Tom Black Bull upon going back to Colorado?

2. How does Red Dillon use Tom Black Bull to make money on his initial scam?

3. Why is the reservation school unsuccessful in teaching Tom Black Bull how to plow fields?

4. What does the introductory poem to "When the Legends Die" summarize?

5. How does Mary Redmond attempt to pressure herself into becoming a continuing part of Tom Black's rehabilitation?

6. After returning to Pagosa following his injuries in New York, what does Tom Black recall when he enters Thatcher's Market?

7. What is printed about Tom Black in the newspaper when he rides in Madison Square Garden?

8. Why do Mary Redmond and Tom Black run opposed to each other?

9. How will Tom Black work for Jim Woodward in the summer?

10. What is the legend about Tom Black being a first cousin of the Devil who got into an argument with him?

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