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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) 9.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. Where did the narrator's "beautiful and distant cousin" (1) move?
(a) Spokane.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) Seattle.
(d) North Dakota.

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

4. Where did Hector say he was headed when he left 41 years ago?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Spokane.
(c) He did not say.
(d) Coeur D'Alene Reservation.

5. Who does the narrator say is "good at funerals"(2)?
(a) His mother.
(b) Hector.
(c) The tribal elder.
(d) His cousin.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many children did Hector's grandmother have?

4. What does the narrator's mother says you will find inside an Indian self-help book?

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

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