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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only person the narrator kissed?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His high school sweetheart.
(c) His neighbor.
(d) His sister.

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

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

4. What did one mourner say white archeologists would do 100 years from now after Hector's grave was buried?
(a) Try to find out who buried and empty coffin.
(b) Come up with some nonsense reason the empty coffin was buried.
(c) Put the empty coffin in a museum.
(d) Find the empty coffin and wonder what it all means.

5. What does the narrator's mother says you will find inside an Indian self-help book?
(a) Nothing useful.
(b) Healing recipes.
(c) Pictures of other self-help books.
(d) Wisdom for the ages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator certain Hector did not get into the car with white strangers?

2. What did the narrator's cousin tell him they could do if they were royalty?

3. What were the causes of death for the narrator's aunts and uncles?

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

5. Who sang an old mourning song by the graveside after Hector's casket was buried?

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