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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tom Black Bull feel about his first ride in the big time?
(a) Displeased, it was only average.
(b) Satisfied, it was better than average.
(c) Pleased, it far exceeded average.
(d) Annoyed, it was less than average.

2. When does Tom Black arrive and camp at his old campsite when he returns to locate the bear?
(a) The first night.
(b) The third night.
(c) The second night.
(d) The fourth night.

3. Those who observe how Tom Black rides and lives between rides see that the ride is the only time he does what?
(a) Regresses.
(b) Swears.
(c) Relaxes.
(d) Comes alive.

4. 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 sheep.
(b) Raise cows.
(c) Rope steer.
(d) Plow fields.

5. What does Tom Black Bull's instructor die from?
(a) Being thrown from a horse.
(b) A brain aneurysm.
(c) A gunshot wound.
(d) A bad heart, liver, and kidneys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Symbolically, Tom Black's going back to the mountain represents that he has to do what?

2. A bear rushes into the meadow from the brush and kills what, as Tom Black muses over his rodeo plans one day?

3. What happens during Tom Black's ride in the night rodeo at Madison Square Garden?

4. When he reaches the top of the mountain, Tom Black begins to dream, and these dreams summarize his life's battle to do what?

5. When Tom Black initiates his physical therapy with Mary Redmond, he is getting around how?

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