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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. When Tom Black Bull grabs the saddle to steady himself on one bronco, he is chewed out for not riding what?
(a) Sharp.
(b) Clean.
(c) Smart.
(d) Smooth.

2. What is Bessie Black Bull relieved about upon her return to the mountains following her second trip to Jim Thatcher's store?
(a) She and her son can return to the Southern Ute reservation.
(b) Bear's Brother will be going to the white man's school.
(c) The problem concerning Frank No Deer is resolved.
(d) Her son will be going to the white man's school.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Blue Elk talks Tom Black Bull into doing what with the bear cub?

2. 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?

3. What happens during one rodeo ride in Texas requiring hospitalization for Tom Black Bull?

4. Why do Tom Black Bull and his teacher bother to make the four-day ride just for the rodeo at Bernalillo?

5. The circle the stars make is juxtaposed to the squareness of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Tom Black lays asleep on prickly needles, what does he dream of?

2. How does Tom Black prepare for the winter on the first bench of Granite Peak?

3. How is the bear cub freed, and how is Tom Black Bull returned to the agency school?

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

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

6. What methods does Red Dillon use to teach Tom Black Bull to ride?

7. What are some of his thoughts related to the bear during Tom Black's first night spent back at the old sheep camp?

8. Why is it that Tom Black Bull gets by caring for sheep with Albert Left Hand?

9. What transpires when Tom Black Bull makes the escape from the agency school to his lodge on the mountain in October?

10. What is the bear cub that is shackled in the corral symbolic of?

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