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

2. What information was carved into Hector's wooden grave marker?
(a) His name and a quote from a mourning song.
(b) His name and date of burial.
(c) HIs name only.
(d) His name, date of birth, and date of disappearance.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Hector's grandmother when she moved to the newly formed Coeur d'Alene reservation?

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. At the graveside, what does the narrator hope whoever killed Hector would do?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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