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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 say likely killed Hector by accident?
(a) A reckless driver.
(b) One of Hector's ex-girlfriends.
(c) A close family member of Hector's.
(d) Another Coeur d'Alene Indian.

2. 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.

3. At Hector's grave, the narrator wonders if it is possible for an Indian to die in what way?
(a) Quietly.
(b) Peacefully.
(c) Alone.
(d) Effortlessly.

4. What did one mourner say white archeologists would do 100 years from now after Hector's grave was buried?
(a) Try to find out who buried and empty coffin.
(b) Come up with some nonsense reason the empty coffin was buried.
(c) Find the empty coffin and wonder what it all means.
(d) Put the empty coffin in a museum.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does the narrator imagine is buried in Hector's empty coffin?

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

5. How many children did Hector's grandmother have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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