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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) Try to find him.
(b) Hire a detective.
(c) Bury him.
(d) Build a shrine for him.

2. 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) Find out who killed Hector.
(c) Live longer than every other Indian in the world.
(d) Bury the memory of Hector for good.

3. How old was the narrator when Hector disappeared?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 31.
(d) 16.

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

5. How many children did Hector's grandmother have?
(a) 1.
(b) 11.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to the violence to which Hector was born into, the narrator says it was inevitable Hector would become what?

2. When Hector left the last time, how was he to get to his destination?

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

4. What issue does the narrator say Hector suffered from at the time of his disappearance?

5. Who does the narrator say is "good at funerals"(2)?

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