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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3 - 4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what battle in Montana was Custer killed?
(a) Fallen Timbers.
(b) Wounded Knee.
(c) Rosebud.
(d) Little Bighorn.

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

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

4. How old was the narrator when he had his first kiss?
(a) 41.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

5. 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) He is the son he always wanted.
(c) You are a fine young man.
(d) Take care of your mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Due to the violence to which Hector was born into, the narrator says it was inevitable Hector would become what?

3. How long did the mourners stay awake during Hectors wake?

4. Who holds Hector in the photograph the narrator has of him?

5. How long ago did the narrator's father die?

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