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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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 violent man who died violently.
(d) A gentle man who strove for peace.

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. 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) Try to find out who buried and empty coffin.
(d) Come up with some nonsense reason the empty coffin was buried.

13. 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) Sung him an honor song.
(d) Felt guilty.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the narrator plan to do at the end of the story as he stands in the cemetery?

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

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