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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 did the narrator decide to do for Hector 40 years after he disappeared?
(a) Try to find him.
(b) Hire a detective.
(c) Bury him.
(d) Build a shrine for him.

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

3. What is the best thing the narrator recalls his father saying to him?
(a) All of his kids were accidents, but he was his best accident.
(b) You are a fine young man.
(c) He is the son he always wanted.
(d) Take care of your mother.

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

5. How many of the narrator's cousins are in prison?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 1.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information was carved into Hector's wooden grave marker?

2. What is the narrator sure Hector would have done if he were still alive?

3. At the graveside, what does the narrator hope the Indians who killed Hector did as they "buried his body deep in the woods" (3)?

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

5. Who does the narrator say he knows is buried in Hector's empty coffin?

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