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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say likely killed Hector by accident?

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

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

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

5. During what battle in Montana was Custer killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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