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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the graveside, what does the narrator hope whoever killed Hector would do?
(a) Send him a letter telling him where his body was buried.
(b) Turn himself in.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Pray for forgiveness.

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

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

4. What did the narrator's cousin tell him they could do if they were royalty?
(a) Have a dozen babies.
(b) Have a dozen maids.
(c) Wear fancy clothes.
(d) Live in a castle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Indian tribe do the narrator and his family belong?

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. Who sang an old mourning song by the graveside after Hector's casket was buried?

4. Who does the narrator say likely killed Hector by accident?

5. What killed the narrator's father?

(see the answer key)

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