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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Felt guilty.
(c) Buried their hate.
(d) Sung him an honor song.

4. How old was Hector's grandmother when she moved to the newly formed Coeur d'Alene reservation?
(a) 7 or 8.
(b) In her 30s.
(c) In her teens.
(d) In her 20s.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say he knows is buried in Hector's empty coffin?

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

3. The narrator says that Hector's grandmother's children were the first generation to do what?

4. During what battle in Montana was Custer killed?

5. Which South Dakota battle does the narrator say the U.S. Army massacred hundreds of unarmed people?

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