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

2. Why is the narrator certain Hector did not get into the car with white strangers?
(a) Because there were no white people living near the reservation.
(b) Because he would only get into a car with other Indians he knew.
(c) Because white men would not try to pick up an Indian.
(d) Because Hector had his own car.

3. 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.

4. What does the narrator plan to do at the end of the story as he stands in the cemetery?
(a) Take care of his mother.
(b) Bury the memory of Hector for good.
(c) Find out who killed Hector.
(d) Live longer than every other Indian in the world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the graveside, what does the narrator hope whoever killed Hector would do?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator hopes the Indians who killed his uncle did as they buried him?

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

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

4. What does the narrator say about why he does not know the mourning song his mother "whisper-sang" (3) after the mourners left the cemetery?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does the narrator imagine Hector met his death after leaving for Spokane?

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