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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator think Hector may have done which got him killed?
(a) Had an affair with a white woman.
(b) Owed money to a drug dealer.
(c) Insulted someone or admitted he had an affair with someone's girlfriend or wife.
(d) Harassed a white man or group of white men.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does the narrator say likely killed Hector by accident?

4. What information was carved into Hector's wooden grave marker?

5. Who holds Hector in the photograph the narrator has of him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does one of the mourners say will happen in 100 years before they leave the cemetery?

2. What does the narrator wish one of his uncle's killers would do after the funeral?

3. At the cemetery, who does the narrator imagine is in Hector's casket?

4. What is the best thing the narrator's father ever said to him?

5. Why does the narrator feel certain Hector would not have been killed by a white man?

6. Why does the narrator feel certain Hector was most likely killed by a member of his own tribe?

7. Who is Agnes? Why does the narrator have a picture of her?

8. Why does the narrator say it was inevitable that Hector would become "a violent man who died violently" (3)?

9. How does the narrator feel at the end of the story standing in the cemetery?

10. What does the narrator plan to do at the end of the story?

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