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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only person the narrator kissed?
(a) His sister.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His high school sweetheart.
(d) His neighbor.

2. 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.

3. What does the narrator plan to do at the end of the story as he stands in the cemetery?
(a) Bury the memory of Hector for good.
(b) Find out who killed Hector.
(c) Live longer than every other Indian in the world.
(d) Take care of his mother.

4. Where was Hector's coffin taken after the funeral?
(a) It was returned because it was empty.
(b) The Indian burial ground.
(c) The backyard where the narrator's father was buried.
(d) The Catholic cemetery.

5. How long ago did the narrator's father die?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 41 years.

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. What killed the narrator's father?

3. How old was the narrator when he had his first kiss?

4. What information was carved into Hector's wooden grave marker?

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

(see the answer key)

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