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

2. At the graveside, what does the narrator hope whoever killed Hector would do?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Pray for forgiveness.
(c) Turn himself in.
(d) Send him a letter telling him where his body was buried.

3. How many children did Hector's grandmother have?
(a) 1.
(b) 11.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

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

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) Felt guilty.
(c) Cried.
(d) Sung him an honor song.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who sang an old mourning song by the graveside after Hector's casket was buried?

4. During what battle in Montana was Custer killed?

5. What information was carved into Hector's wooden grave marker?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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