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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 is the narrator sure Hector would have done if he were still alive?
(a) Gotten married.
(b) Come back or called or written.
(c) Sent them money.
(d) Traveled the world.

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

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

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

5. Which South Dakota battle does the narrator say the U.S. Army massacred hundreds of unarmed people?
(a) Little Bighorn.
(b) Wounded Knee.
(c) Fallen Timbers.
(d) Rosebud.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel Hector died?

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

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

4. How old was the narrator when Hector disappeared?

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

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