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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 Indian tribe do the narrator and his family belong?
(a) Lakota.
(b) Coeur d'Alene.
(c) Sioux.
(d) Kootenai.

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

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

4. What did the narrator's cousin tell him they could do if they were royalty?
(a) Wear fancy clothes.
(b) Have a dozen babies.
(c) Live in a castle.
(d) Have a dozen maids.

5. Who does the narrator say he knows is buried in Hector's empty coffin?
(a) His great-grandmother.
(b) His father.
(c) His entire tribe.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say Indian's view their worst losses and greatest beauty?

2. What were the causes of death for the narrator's aunts and uncles?

3. How long ago did the narrator's father die?

4. What killed the narrator's father?

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

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