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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3 - 4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Indian tribe do the narrator and his family belong?
(a) Coeur d'Alene.
(b) Kootenai.
(c) Sioux.
(d) Lakota.

2. Who holds Hector in the photograph the narrator has of him?
(a) His grandmother, Agnes.
(b) His sister, Abbeth.
(c) His aunt, Agitha.
(d) HIs mother, Alice.

3. What does the narrator admit Hector was most of the time?
(a) A regular jerk.
(b) A good-for-nothing liar.
(c) A temperamental asshole.
(d) A curmudgeonly prick.

4. How does the narrator say Indian's view their worst losses and greatest beauty?
(a) As par for the course.
(b) As equally painful.
(c) As a waste of time.
(d) As sacred and necessary.

5. Who sang an old mourning song by the graveside after Hector's casket was buried?
(a) The narrator's mother.
(b) The tribal elder.
(c) The whole group of mourners.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What joke was made at Hector's funeral?

2. What did the narrator decide to do for Hector 40 years after he disappeared?

3. When Hector left the last time, how was he to get to his destination?

4. Due to the violence to which Hector was born into, the narrator says it was inevitable Hector would become what?

5. How many children did Hector's grandmother have?

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