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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 does the narrator imagine is buried in Hector's empty coffin?
(a) The entire tribe.
(b) Hector's killers.
(c) Himself.
(d) His aunts, uncles and cousins.

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

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

4. 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) Sung him an honor song.
(c) Cried.
(d) Buried their hate.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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