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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the narrator's cousin live in poverty on the reservation?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 9.

2. What joke was made at Hector's funeral?
(a) Hector loved to drink so much they were surprised he did not come back for the free wine.
(b) Hector was such a showoff they were surprised he did not come back to sing before a crowd.
(c) Hector was so full of himself he was probably watching them to hear what everyone said about him.
(d) Hector was such a showoff they were surprised he did not return from the dead to lie in his coffin and die again.

3. What relation to the narrator is Hector?
(a) His father.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His brother.
(d) His cousin.

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

5. What war does the narrator say Hector's grandmother was born before?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The American Indian War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Revolutionary War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think Hector may have done which got him killed?

2. At Hector's grave, the narrator wonders if it is possible for an Indian to die in what way?

3. How old was Hector's grandmother when she moved to the newly formed Coeur d'Alene reservation?

4. What does the narrator plan to do at the end of the story as he stands in the cemetery?

5. What sad thing was said at Hector's funeral in regards to his lack of fear of the white man?

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