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

3. 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.

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

5. 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) Try to find out who buried and empty coffin.
(c) Find the empty coffin and wonder what it all means.
(d) Come up with some nonsense reason the empty coffin was buried.

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

7. 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 white men would not try to pick up an Indian.
(c) Because Hector had his own car.
(d) Because there were no white people living near the reservation.

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. 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.