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

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the best thing the narrator recalls his father saying to him?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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