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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

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, date of birth, and date of disappearance.
(d) His name and date of burial.

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

7. 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) Come up with some nonsense reason the empty coffin was buried.
(d) Find the empty coffin and wonder what it all means.

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

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

13. 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) Insulted someone or admitted he had an affair with someone's girlfriend or wife.
(d) Had an affair with a white woman.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator certain Hector did not get into the car with white strangers?

2. Who does the narrator imagine is buried in Hector's empty coffin?

3. During what battle in Montana was Custer killed?

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

5. Due to the violence to which Hector was born into, the narrator says it was inevitable Hector would become what?

(see the answer keys)

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