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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the narrator say was the best part of Hector's funeral?
(a) Hector returned.
(b) His mother's singing.
(c) They had an open and empty casket.
(d) His mother's cooking.

5. Who holds Hector in the photograph the narrator has of him?
(a) His grandmother, Agnes.
(b) HIs mother, Alice.
(c) His sister, Abbeth.
(d) His aunt, Agitha.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Hector left the last time, how was he to get to his destination?

4. What war does the narrator say Hector's grandmother was born before?

5. Why is the narrator certain Hector did not get into the car with white strangers?

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