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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator's one surviving uncle live?
(a) Oregon.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Spokane.

2. What joke was made at Hector's funeral?
(a) Hector was so full of himself he was probably watching them to hear what everyone said about him.
(b) Hector loved to drink so much they were surprised he did not come back for the free wine.
(c) Hector was such a showoff they were surprised he did not come back to sing before a crowd.
(d) Hector was such a showoff they were surprised he did not return from the dead to lie in his coffin and die again.

3. How many of the narrator's cousin live in poverty on the reservation?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 12.

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

5. How does the narrator say Indian's view their worst losses and greatest beauty?
(a) As a waste of time.
(b) As sacred and necessary.
(c) As par for the course.
(d) As equally painful.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people has the narrator kissed?

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)?

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

4. What did each mourner do after the coffin was lowered into the ground?

5. What did one mourner say white archeologists would do 100 years from now after Hector's grave was buried?

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