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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3 - 4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Find the empty coffin and wonder what it all means.
(c) Put the empty coffin in a museum.
(d) Come up with some nonsense reason the empty coffin was buried.

2. What sad thing was said at Hector's funeral in regards to his lack of fear of the white man?
(a) The white man was not afraid of him either.
(b) The white man probably disappeared him.
(c) The white man led him to a life of drinking and fighting.
(d) The white man did not even know he lived let alone died.

3. Due to the violence to which Hector was born into, the narrator says it was inevitable Hector would become what?
(a) An angry man who left everyone.
(b) A violent man who died violently.
(c) A joyful man who loved everybody.
(d) A gentle man who strove for peace.

4. The narrator says that Hector's grandmother's children were the first generation to do what?
(a) Go to war.
(b) Go to college.
(c) Move from the reservation.
(d) Live in a house with four walls.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people has the narrator kissed?

2. How many of the narrator's cousins are in prison?

3. What does the narrator say was the best part of Hector's funeral?

4. How old was the narrator when Hector disappeared?

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

(see the answer key)

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