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

2. During what battle in Montana was Custer killed?
(a) Little Bighorn.
(b) Wounded Knee.
(c) Fallen Timbers.
(d) Rosebud.

3. 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) All of his kids were accidents, but he was his best accident.
(d) Take care of your mother.

4. 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) A violent man who died violently.
(c) An angry man who left everyone.
(d) A joyful man who loved everybody.

5. 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) Felt guilty.
(d) Sung him an honor song.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator plan to do at the end of the story as he stands in the cemetery?

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

3. At Hector's grave, the narrator wonders if it is possible for an Indian to die in what way?

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

5. What does the narrator think Hector may have done which got him killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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