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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) An angry man who left everyone.
(b) A violent man who died violently.
(c) A joyful man who loved everybody.
(d) A gentle man who strove for peace.

2. 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) Harassed a white man or group of white men.
(c) Had an affair with a white woman.
(d) Owed money to a drug dealer.

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

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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) Take care of his mother.
(c) Find out who killed Hector.
(d) Live longer than every other Indian in the world.

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

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

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

11. What is the best thing the narrator recalls his father saying to him?
(a) You are a fine young man.
(b) All of his kids were accidents, but he was his best accident.
(c) Take care of your mother.
(d) He is the son he always wanted.

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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)?

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

5. What did one mourner say white archeologists would do 100 years from now after Hector's grave was buried?

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