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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A violent man who died violently.
(c) An angry man who left everyone.
(d) A gentle man who strove for peace.

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

3. At Hector's grave, the narrator wonders if it is possible for an Indian to die in what way?
(a) Alone.
(b) Effortlessly.
(c) Quietly.
(d) Peacefully.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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) Bury the memory of Hector for good.
(d) Find out who killed Hector.

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

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

12. 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) Sung him an honor song.
(b) Cried.
(c) Felt guilty.
(d) Buried their hate.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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