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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 2 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the narrator's cousins are in prison?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

4. What issue does the narrator say Hector suffered from at the time of his disappearance?
(a) Depression.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Obesity.
(d) Alcoholism.

5. 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 was such a showoff they were surprised he did not return from the dead to lie in his coffin and die again.
(c) Hector loved to drink so much they were surprised he did not come back for the free wine.
(d) Hector was such a showoff they were surprised he did not come back to sing before a crowd.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator's "beautiful and distant cousin" (1) move?

2. What were the causes of death for the narrator's aunts and uncles?

3. What did the narrator decide to do for Hector 40 years after he disappeared?

4. Who attended Hector's wake?

5. What does the narrator say to his mother when she notes that they do not have Hector's body?

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