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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 the narrator decide to do for Hector 40 years after he disappeared?
(a) Build a shrine for him.
(b) Bury him.
(c) Hire a detective.
(d) Try to find him.

2. How old would Hector be in the present if he were still alive?
(a) 63.
(b) 72.
(c) 58.
(d) 45.

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

4. What does the narrator say happens to violent men?
(a) They go to jail.
(b) They endlessly hurt people.
(c) The calm down eventually.
(d) They die violently.

5. Who attended Hector's wake?
(a) Only the narrator and his mother.
(b) Most of the tribe.
(c) Nobody.
(d) The narrator's mother and cousin and uncle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the narrator say he knows is buried in Hector's empty coffin?

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

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

5. Why is the narrator certain Hector did not get into the car with white strangers?

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