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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Due to the violence to which Hector was born into, the narrator says it was inevitable Hector would become what?
(a) A violent man who died violently.
(b) A joyful man who loved everybody.
(c) An angry man who left everyone.
(d) A gentle man who strove for peace.

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

5. At the graveside, what does the narrator hope the Indians who killed Hector did as they "buried his body deep in the woods" (3)?
(a) Cried.
(b) Buried their hate.
(c) Felt guilty.
(d) Sung him an honor song.

6. What did one mourner say white archeologists would do 100 years from now after Hector's grave was buried?
(a) Put the empty coffin in a museum.
(b) Find the empty coffin and wonder what it all means.
(c) Come up with some nonsense reason the empty coffin was buried.
(d) Try to find out who buried and empty coffin.

7. Who sang an old mourning song by the graveside after Hector's casket was buried?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The whole group of mourners.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) The tribal elder.

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

9. Who does the narrator say he knows is buried in Hector's empty coffin?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His great-grandmother.
(d) His entire tribe.

10. What does the narrator plan to do at the end of the story as he stands in the cemetery?
(a) Bury the memory of Hector for good.
(b) Live longer than every other Indian in the world.
(c) Take care of his mother.
(d) Find out who killed Hector.

11. The narrator says that Hector's grandmother's children were the first generation to do what?
(a) Go to war.
(b) Move from the reservation.
(c) Live in a house with four walls.
(d) Go to college.

12. What war does the narrator say Hector's grandmother was born before?
(a) World War II.
(b) The American Indian War.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The Revolutionary War.

13. How many children did Hector's grandmother have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

14. What does the narrator think Hector may have done which got him killed?
(a) Insulted someone or admitted he had an affair with someone's girlfriend or wife.
(b) Had an affair with a white woman.
(c) Owed money to a drug dealer.
(d) Harassed a white man or group of white men.

15. Why is the narrator certain Hector did not get into the car with white strangers?
(a) Because Hector had his own car.
(b) Because he would only get into a car with other Indians he knew.
(c) Because white men would not try to pick up an Indian.
(d) Because there were no white people living near the reservation.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Hector's grave, the narrator wonders if it is possible for an Indian to die in what way?

2. How old was Hector's grandmother when she moved to the newly formed Coeur d'Alene reservation?

3. What is the best thing the narrator recalls his father saying to him?

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

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

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