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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 does the narrator plan to do at the end of the story as he stands in the cemetery?
(a) Find out who killed Hector.
(b) Take care of his mother.
(c) Live longer than every other Indian in the world.
(d) Bury the memory of Hector for good.

2. What does the narrator say was the best part of Hector's funeral?
(a) His mother's singing.
(b) Hector returned.
(c) They had an open and empty casket.
(d) His mother's cooking.

3. How long did the mourners stay awake during Hectors wake?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 8 days.

4. Where does the narrator's one surviving uncle live?
(a) Oregon.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Spokane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator admit Hector was most of the time?

2. Where was Hector's coffin taken after the funeral?

3. Who does the narrator say likely killed Hector by accident?

4. How many of the narrator's cousins are in prison?

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

(see the answer key)

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