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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 information was carved into Hector's wooden grave marker?
(a) His name and a quote from a mourning song.
(b) His name, date of birth, and date of disappearance.
(c) His name and date of burial.
(d) HIs name only.

2. Who does the narrator say likely killed Hector by accident?
(a) Another Coeur d'Alene Indian.
(b) A reckless driver.
(c) A close family member of Hector's.
(d) One of Hector's ex-girlfriends.

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

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

5. How old would Hector be in the present if he were still alive?
(a) 63.
(b) 58.
(c) 45.
(d) 72.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does the narrator imagine is buried in Hector's empty coffin?

5. How many of the narrator's cousin live in poverty on the reservation?

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