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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which South Dakota battle does the narrator say the U.S. Army massacred hundreds of unarmed people?
(a) Wounded Knee.
(b) Little Bighorn.
(c) Fallen Timbers.
(d) Rosebud.

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

4. 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) Bury the memory of Hector for good.
(c) Find out who killed Hector.
(d) Take care of his mother.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. 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) One of Hector's ex-girlfriends.
(d) A reckless driver.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think Hector may have done which got him killed?

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

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

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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