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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 does the narrator imagine is buried in Hector's empty coffin?
(a) Himself.
(b) His aunts, uncles and cousins.
(c) Hector's killers.
(d) The entire tribe.

2. What does the narrator say to his mother when she notes that they do not have Hector's body?
(a) They can bury the memory of him.
(b) They discovered his body the day before.
(c) You don't need a body to bury a man.
(d) Then Hector must still be alive.

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

4. How many children did Hector's grandmother have?
(a) 11.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 1.

5. Who does the narrator say he knows is buried in Hector's empty coffin?
(a) His entire tribe.
(b) His great-grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue does the narrator say Hector suffered from at the time of his disappearance?

2. During what battle in Montana was Custer killed?

3. How does the narrator feel Hector died?

4. Where did the narrator's "beautiful and distant cousin" (1) move?

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

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