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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) Insulted someone or admitted he had an affair with someone's girlfriend or wife.
(c) Owed money to a drug dealer.
(d) Harassed a white man or group of white men.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How many children did Hector's grandmother have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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